Research to discover if nurturing positive feelings and spirituality helps control blood pressure, improves heart function, and makes our arteries healthier (FEEL+ Project)

Clinical trial to evaluate the influence of an intervention in promoting spiritual well-being on blood pressure, central hemodynamics and endothelial function (FEEL+)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-9mnsdcr

Enrollment

224

Registered

2026-06-26

Start date

2026-07-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Hypertension Spirituality

Interventions

The 224 study participants will be randomly assigned, in blocks and using the website randomizer.org, into 2 groups (112 in the intervention group and 112 in the control group) in a 1:1 ratio. There w

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Be 18 years of age or older; have stage 1 or 2 hypertension; whether or not they are using antihypertensive medication

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not having the capacity to understand the proposed intervention, whether due to illiteracy or cognitive difficulty; not having a smartphone and/or being unable to install the Telegram application, considering that the intervention will be applied through this application

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
An improvement of at least 5 mmHg in office systolic blood pressure is expected.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
An improvement in central blood pressure parameters and endothelial function is expected in the intervention group compared to the control group at the end of the intervention period.	—

Countries

Contacts

Public ContactMaria Emília Teixeira

Unidade de Hipertensão Arterial - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade Federal de Goiás

ligahipertensaoarterial30@gmail.com+55(62)994164280

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026