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Trial reportEthnicity & disease2007

Effectiveness of transcendental meditation on functional capacity and quality of life of African Americans with congestive heart failure: a randomized control study.

Ravishankar Jayadevappa, Jerry C Johnson, Bernard S Bloom, Sanford Nidich, Shashank Desai, Sumedha Chhatre, Donna B Raziano, Robert Schneider

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Ethnicity & disease, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 40 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Effectiveness of Mantra-Based Meditation on Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  8. Systematic Review for the Medical Applications of Meditation in Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  9. Stress management interventions for adults with heart failure: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravishankar JayadevappaDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 224, Ralston-Penn Center, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2676, USA. jravi@mail.med.upenn.edu
Jerry C Johnson
Bernard S Bloom
Sanford Nidich
Shashank Desai
Sumedha Chhatre
Donna B Raziano
Robert Schneider
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Effects of Herbal Antioxidants on CVD in Older BlacksP50AT000082 · NCCIH · MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT · PI SCHNEIDER, ROBERT · 1999 to 2004
$6.2M
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT000082NCCIH NIH HHS P50-AT00082-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a Transcendental Meditation (TM) stress reduction program for African Americans with congestive heart failure (CHF).

designRandomized, controlled study PARTICIPANTS AND

interventionWe recruited 23 African American patients > or = 55 years of age who were recently hospitalized with New York Heart Association class II or III CHF and with an ejection fraction of < .40. Participants were randomized to either TM or health education (HE) group.

main outcome measuresPrimary outcome measure was six-minute walk test; secondary outcomes were generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life, quality of well being, perceived stress, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), rehospitalizations, brain natriuretic peptide, and cortisol. Changes in outcomes from baseline to three and six months after treatment were analyzed by using repeated measures analysis of variance, covarying for baseline score.

resultsFor the primary outcome of functional capacity, the TM group significantly improved on the six-minute walk test from baseline to six months after treatment compared to the HE group (P = .034). On the secondary outcome measures, the TM group showed improvements in SF-36 subscales and total score on the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure scale. On the CES-D, the TM group showed significant decrease from baseline to six months compared to the HE group (P = .03). Also, the TM group had fewer rehospitalizations during the six months of followup.

conclusionsResults indicate that TM can be effective in improving the quality of life and functional capacity of African American CHF patients. Further validation of outcomes is planned via a large, multicenter trial with long-term follow-up.

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MeditationPhysical FitnessQuality of LifeAgedBlack or African AmericanExercise TestFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicStress, Psychological

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PMID17274213
PMCPMC2048830
OpenAlexW1924644904

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