Mindfulness meditation significantly reduced depression scores (mean difference 5.73, p=0.003), systolic blood pressure, and heart rate compared to control in patients with cardiovascular disease and depression.
RCT (n=45)
Single-blind
Randomly allocated
No
Does mindfulness meditation or progressive muscle relaxation improve depression, anxiety, blood pressure, and heart rate in patients with cardiovascular disease compared to routine cardiac rehabilitation alone?
Mindfulness meditation added to cardiac rehabilitation significantly improves depression, systolic blood pressure, and heart rate compared to standard rehabilitation alone in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Mean Difference: 5.73
Absolute Event Rate: 9.73% vs 16.8%
p-value: p=0.003
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in developed countries. Most cardiac rehabilitation programs include psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation techniques in cardiac patients including psychological-physical interventions such as Meditation and Relaxation. We enrolled 45 patients with CVD and depression. The patients were allocated to 3 groups (Relaxation, Meditation and Control). There was a significant reduction on depression, systolic blood pressure and heart rate in the Meditation group compared with the control group. Our findings suggest that meditation techniques have better outcomes in cardiac patients for improving depression, reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate than relaxation techniques.
Delui et al. (Fri,) conducted a rct in Cardiovascular disease and depression (n=45). Mindfulness meditation vs. No intervention (Control) was evaluated on Depression score (MD 5.73, p=0.003). Mindfulness meditation significantly reduced depression scores (mean difference 5.73, p=0.003), systolic blood pressure, and heart rate compared to control in patients with cardiovascular disease and depression.