Yoga for a Healthy Heart

NCT06155240 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 23-445
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Hypertension

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• 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

  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

  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.

  8 weeks

• Mini and Medi Cog

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

  8 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Yoga participant

EXPERIMENTAL

Providing once weekly class for 8 weeks, participants will take part in performing yoga poses and yoga breathing and meditation for stress management

Behavioral: Therapeutic yoga

Interventions

Therapeutic yoga BEHAVIORAL

Yoga interventions include yoga poses, breathing, and meditation

Yoga participant

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to tolerate sitting for 1 hour
• BP over 200/100
• Unable to independently walk or use a wheelchair to the bathroom

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Cleveland Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

South Pointe Hospital

Warrensville Heights, Ohio, 44122, United States

Location

Related Publications (11)

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Allan Chiunda, MD, PhD

  South Pointe Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle Investigator, The Brentwood Foundation Chair in Research and Data Analytics | Director of Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital Clinical Effectiveness, Initiatives and Innovations, MD, PhD, MPH

Model Details: Single cohort

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2023
• First Posted: December 4, 2023
• Study Start: May 24, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 19, 2024
• Study Completion: July 19, 2024
• Last Updated: April 13, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)