Effects of self-moxibustion on stress, quality of sleep, and quality of life in patients with hypertension

Effects of self-moxibustion on stress, quality of sleep, and quality of life in pre-hypertensive and hypertensive patients.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007424

Enrollment

Registered

2022-06-22

Start date

2022-01-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-06-27

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : Forty-six adult men and women with pre-hypertension and hypertension are recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group (moxibustion group) and the comparison group (ac

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -Pre-hypertensive adult females and males (systolic blood pressure = 130mmHg or diastolic blood pressure = 85mmHg) -Hypertensive adult females and males with or without hypertensive medication

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Patients have previously received any acupoint-stimulation therapy including acupuncture and moxibustion in the last 6 months -Patients taking psychological medications

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Systolic/diastolic blood pressure;Epinephrine and Norepinephrine;Perceived stress scale;Symptoms of stress inventory;Quality of sleep	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Health-related quality of life;Complete blood count	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJongsin Jung

Kyonggi University

justinejung@daum.net+82-2-964-7994

Outcome results