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Effects of Behavioral Stress Reduction Programs on Blood Pressure in African American Youth

NCT00241813 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 283

Last updated 2012-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will examine the effects of two behavioral stress reduction programs, mindfulness meditation (MM) and the lifeskills program (LP), and a health education control program (CTL) on blood pressure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Meditation (MM) Program

Participants will take part in a mindfulness meditation (MM) program.

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education Control Program (CTL)

Participants will take part in a health education control program (CTL)

BEHAVIORAL

Lifeskills Program (LP)

Participants will take part in a lifeskills program (LP).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frank A. Treiber, Ph.D. · Medical University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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