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Stress Management to Support Women's Health

NCT03223545 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2020-08-14

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention delivered over the phone (MBCT-T) for women with prehypertension. MBCT-T is an evidence-based program that teaches meditation practices and cognitive strategies to reduce stress and negative emotions. It targets psychosocial risk factors that disproportionately affect women, including rumination (i.e., negative thinking) and low social support. Investigators plan to translate the established MBCT-T program into Spanish, conduct focus groups to inform cultural adaptations that may be needed for Latina women, and run a pilot randomized controlled trial to test the feasibility, acceptability and effects of MBCT-T on blood pressure and perceived stress in diverse women with prehypertension.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MBCT-T

This 8-week program combines mindfulness training with cognitive therapy and is delivered to small groups of patients by telephone using a conference line. Each weekly session is 1 hour long and is comprised of a check-in period, teaching on the week's topic, group discussion, a skill-building exercise, and a home-based practice assignment.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Treatment guidelines recommend counseling patients with prehypertension on the importance of lifestyle modification to reduce BP. Because of variability in counseling across primary care practices, the study team will provide all participants with NHLBI print educational materials to ensure exposure to lifestyle recommendations: "Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure"; and "Facts about the DASH Eating Plan".

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Tanya Spruill, MD · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-07
Primary Completion
2020-07-17
Completion
2020-07-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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