Hypertension with anxiety and/or sleep disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Low frequency acupoint stimulation group:TEAS-2Hz+routine treatment
High frequency acupoint stimulation group:TEAS-10Hz+routine treatment
Sponsors
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Meets diagnostic criteria for hypertension. 2.Patients aged 18 to 65 years old, male or female 3.Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)>5 and/or Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale(GAD-7)>4. 4.No language or intellectual impairment, can smoothly answer and fill out questionnaires. 5.Seek the consent of the subject patient or their guardian and be willing to participate. 6.The office systolic BP should be 140-159 mmHg and/or diastolic BP should be 90-99 mmHg without the use of anti-hypertensive medications at three visits on different days. If having hypertensive history and currently using anti-hypertensive medications, office systolic BP should be 120-159 mmHg and/or diastolic BP should be 80-99 mmHg.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Contraindications to the use of electric acupuncture apparatus : patients with cardiac pacemakers or other implanted medical devices; suffering from acute diseases, infectious diseases, malignant tumors, other cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney dysfunction, or other malignant diseases; wounds, abrasions, new scars, or inflammation on the skin at the acupoints. 2.Hypertension caused by renal parenchymal hypertension, renal artery stenosis, and other vascular diseases, primary aldosteronism, and other endocrine hypertension, as well as secondary hypertension caused by other causes. 3.Using drugs that affect blood pressure, such as glucocorticoids, central nervous system inhibitors. 4.Out of control diabetes mellitus. 5.Have received hormone treatment or acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in the past month. 6.Suspected or confirmed history of alcohol and drug abuse. 7.Women in preparation for pregnancy,women of childbearing age without contraception, pregnant women, and lactating women 8.Enrolled in other clinical trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SBP; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety state of Patients;The sleep quality of patients;Heart rate;Rescue medication use and other treatments;Adverse events;DBP; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWang Liqiong
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed