Elevated blood pressure or prehypertension is highly associated with increased risk of developing hypertension, cardiovascular event, and type II diabetes. Many physically inactive young adults, particularly in Malaysia have blood pressure higher than normal range, therefore it is important to control the blood pressure within normal range as prophylactic measure. This experimental research will be carried out to study the effect of physical training (aerobic exercise) and mental training (mindfulness meditation) with diet as a control group on the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate among young adult with elevated blood pressure living a sedentary lifestyle. Participant will be divided into 2 experimental groups (mental and physical training) and 1 control group (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -DASH diet plan) who need to complete the prescribed intervention for 6 weeks. Results will be analysed by repeated measures ANOVA followed by post-hic test.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
62
Mental training (guided mindfulness meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.
Physical training (continuous moderate-intensity training at 40-60% of participants' heart rate reserve for 20 minutes excluding warm-up/cool-down, 3 times per week.
Mental and physical training (combination of mindfulness mediation for 20-minutes, 3 times per week and continuous moderate-intensity training for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.
DASH diet ( (more vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy foods and moderate amounts of whole grains, fish, poultry and nuts; and less than 3 grams of sodium daily) for 6-weeks.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Change from Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure at 6 weeks.
Systolic blood pressure (SPB) will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Diastolic Blood Pressure at 6 weeks.
Diastolic blood pressure (DPB) will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Mean Arterial Pressure at 6 weeks.
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Resting Heart Rate at 6 weeks.
Resting heart rate (RHR) will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Pulse Pressure at 6 weeks.
Pulse pressure will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Body Mass Index at 6 weeks.
Body mass index (BMI) will be measured at baseline (before intervention begin), after 3 weeks of intervention, and post 6-weeks of intervention.
Time frame: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
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