Yoga for a Healthy Heart

The Cleveland Clinic8 enrolled

Overview

The Yoga for a Healthy Heart study will address various barriers to both medication management and blood pressure regulation for African American patients with hypertension.

The program will take place in person at South Pointe's hospital community outreach center. The program will be an 8-week program, once per week, 60 minutes in length, consisting of meditation, or relaxation, pranayama which are breathing techniques and asana, or physical postures. Yoga, is defined as the fluctuations or roaming tendencies of the mind according the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. In addition to therapeutic yoga techniques, lifestyle management will be discussed or self-reflections written in journals. Lifestyle management skills include learning how to take blood pressure and manage a pillbox, as well as develop prosocial communication skills through lessons on mindful communication. The classes will be taught in person. The instructor facilitating the program will be a skilled healthcare professional certified in both Occupational Therapy and Yoga teaching at the 500-hour level. The Occupational Therapist will provide both skilled assessments and interventions in the group setting of the community health class. Assessments include: 1. Perceived Stress Scale 2. Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement 3. Mini and Medi-Cog 4. Blood pressure assessments pre and post class. .

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Therapeutic yogaBEHAVIORAL

Yoga interventions include yoga poses, breathing, and meditation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 99 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Over 18 * has transportation to South Pointe Hospital * Has the ability to walk, or use a wheelchair from the entrance of the building * Able to attend all 8 sessions * Diagnosis of hypertension * African American * Prescribed antihypertensive medication * Able to stand up from the chair independently * Able to walk to the bathroom independently with or without a device * Approved by cardiologist to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to tolerate sitting for 1 hour * BP over 200/100 * Unable to independently walk or use a wheelchair to the bathroom

Locations (1)

South Pointe Hospital

Warrensville Heights, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Blood pressure

take both systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after intervention each class and from beginning of session to end of 8 week session

Time frame: 8 weeks

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

Scores ranging from 0-13 would be considered low stress. Scores ranging from 14-26 would be considered moderate stress. Scores ranging from 27-40 would be considered high perceived stress. To assess changes in outcomes for perceived stress from beginning of intervention to completion of intervention

Time frame: 8 weeks

Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement

Changes in components of the COPM that reflect self-care, productivity, and leisure activities may also be analyzed separately in a similar manner using the participants that have rated a problem within these categories among the 5 most important problems used to calculate their total COPM score.

Time frame: 8 weeks

Mini and Medi Cog

To assess changes in outcomes on managing medications and on short term memory

Time frame: 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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