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Effect of Pursed-Lip Breathing on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate

NCT04572672 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2020-10-01

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Summary

Hypertensive urgency (HT urgency) is an alarm sign of uncontrolled hypertension. It can be aggravated by nonadherent to medication and psychosocial stress. Mindfulness is beneficial for reducing stress, while deep and slow breathing is effective for blood pressure (BP) lowering. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of pursed-lip breathing with number counting (PLB with NC) that promotes mindfulness and a deep/slow breathing pattern on BP and heart rate (HR) in the HT urgency patients.

Conditions

  • Hypertensive Urgency

Interventions

OTHER

Non-pharmacologic treatment; Pursed-Lip Breathing Combined with Number Counting

Pursed-lip breathing and number counting "one and two" during inspiration, and then number counting, "one, two, three, and four" during exhalation. The nurse advised the patient to continue pursed-lip breathing with number counting for the first 15 minutes (min) of each hour to prevent the patient from being exhausted, total study time was 3 hours, or until the patient was discharged from the ER, or was withdrawn from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Khon Kaen University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-09-14

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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