Results At mixed model analysis, intervention was associated with a significant reduction of 24-h (PU0.001) and night-time (0100–0600 h) (P<0.0001) systolic ABP. The average reduction of systolic 24-h ABP at 6 months was 4.6mmHg [confidence limits at 95% 1.93–7.35] and 4.1mmHg (95% confidence limits 1.59–6.67) vs. Control-M and Control-R groups, respectively, (P<0.001 for both). Antihypertensive treatment was selected as negative predictor of BP reduction at multivariate stepwise analysis. When antihypertensive treatment was inserted as covariate in a generalized linear model, psychological subscales assessed at baseline by the Mental Health Inventory questionnaire were found to affect systolic blood pressure reduction at 6-month follow-up (general positive affect P<0.001; emotional ties, P<0.001; loss of behavioral control, PU0.035). In particular, a level of general positive affect higher than the 75th percentiles was found to be significantly associated with low treatment efficacy (odds ratio 0.09; 95% confidence limits 0.01–0.93). Conclusion Daily sessions of voluntary music-guided slow breathing significantly reduce 24-h systolic ABP, and psychological predictors of efficacy can be identified.

Psychological predictors of the antihypertensive effects of music-guided slow breathing / P.A. Modesti; A. Ferrari; C. Bazzini; G. Costanzo; I. Simonetti; S. Taddei; A. Biggeri; G. Parati; G.F. Gensini; S. Sirigatti.. - In: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. - ISSN 0263-6352. - STAMPA. - 28:(2010), pp. 1097-1103. [10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283362762]

Psychological predictors of the antihypertensive effects of music-guided slow breathing.

MODESTI, PIETRO AMEDEO;FERRARI, ANTONELLA;BAZZINI, CRISTINA;SIMONETTI, IGNAZIO;TADDEI, STEFANO;BIGGERI, ANNIBALE;GENSINI, GIAN FRANCO;SIRIGATTI, SAULO
2010

Abstract

Results At mixed model analysis, intervention was associated with a significant reduction of 24-h (PU0.001) and night-time (0100–0600 h) (P<0.0001) systolic ABP. The average reduction of systolic 24-h ABP at 6 months was 4.6mmHg [confidence limits at 95% 1.93–7.35] and 4.1mmHg (95% confidence limits 1.59–6.67) vs. Control-M and Control-R groups, respectively, (P<0.001 for both). Antihypertensive treatment was selected as negative predictor of BP reduction at multivariate stepwise analysis. When antihypertensive treatment was inserted as covariate in a generalized linear model, psychological subscales assessed at baseline by the Mental Health Inventory questionnaire were found to affect systolic blood pressure reduction at 6-month follow-up (general positive affect P<0.001; emotional ties, P<0.001; loss of behavioral control, PU0.035). In particular, a level of general positive affect higher than the 75th percentiles was found to be significantly associated with low treatment efficacy (odds ratio 0.09; 95% confidence limits 0.01–0.93). Conclusion Daily sessions of voluntary music-guided slow breathing significantly reduce 24-h systolic ABP, and psychological predictors of efficacy can be identified.
2010
28
1097
1103
P.A. Modesti; A. Ferrari; C. Bazzini; G. Costanzo; I. Simonetti; S. Taddei; A. Biggeri; G. Parati; G.F. Gensini; S. Sirigatti.
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