NCT00924456

A Clinical Trial of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) Program on Blood Pressure, Psychological Distress, and Coping

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Blood Pressure, Psychological Distress, and Coping in Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 296 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maharishi International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to show that the Transcendental Meditation program can decrease blood pressure in young adults (college students) and is associated with decreased psychological distress and coping ability.

Detailed description

Psychological distress contributes to the development of hypertension in young adults. This was a randomized controlled trial of 296 university students randomly allocated to either the Transcendental Meditation® program or wait-list control. At baseline and after three months posttest, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, psychological distress (total mood disturbance, anxiety, depression, anger/hostility) and coping ability (global constructive thinking) were measured.

Conditions

• High-normal Blood Pressure
• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Transcendental Meditation program	a natural effortless mental technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2007-05-01
• Completion: 2007-05-01
• First posted: 2009-06-19
• Last updated: 2022-04-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States