Essential Hypertension
Conditions
Brief summary
Previous studies have explored the correlation and impact of astrological events in relation of diseases, health concerns and relationship between birth chart and disease risk. Cardiovascular conditions, sleep and fertility were found significantly associated with moon phase. However, to best of our knowledge no study has documented the impact of astrological intervention in disease management. This is a randomised, multi-center, double blind placebo controlled clinical trial with two parallel arms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Vedic medical astrological intervention for patients with mild to moderate hypertension,with respect to decreasing their blood pressure and improving their quality of life.
Interventions
COMBINATION_PRODUCTVedic Medical Astrology
Individualised astrological based interventions were given including vedic counselling, diet, colors, gems, mantras and the worship deities as an adjuvent to ongoing conventional treatments
OTHERPlacebo vedic medical astrology (PMA)
Conventional treatments were followed with counselling and diet suggestions. astrological interventions were not incorporated during the study phase.
Sponsors
Warwick Research Services (UK) Ltd
Swamigal Trust for Vedic Science, India
NMP Medical Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients age between 35 and 60 years old, male and female; * Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria of essential hypertension ( * Patients taking antihypertensive drugs under the supervision of physicians. * Patients having understanding of our study and willing to comply with astrological protocol. * Informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have been diagnosed as secondary hypertension or malignant hypertension * Patients with comorbid conditions * Patients with a chronic disease associated or psychiatric conditions which might not suitable for the study * Patients who had been treated with any other alternative or complementary medicine during the previous three months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Average systolic and average diastolic blood pressure | change from baseline to 12-weeks | Blood pressure measured by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in patients Quality of life | change from baseline to 12-weeks | Health-related quality of life measure by S36 |
Countries
India
Outcome results
None listed