Loucks Eric B, Kronish Ian M, Saadeh Frances B, Scarpaci Matthew M, Proulx Jeffrey A, Gutman Roee, Britton Willoughby B, Schuman-Olivier Zev
Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
medRxiv. 2023 May 15:2023.05.10.23289818. doi: 10.1101/2023.05.10.23289818.
Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet lowers blood pressure (BP). However, adherence is typically low. Mindfulness training adapted to improving health behaviors that lower BP could improve DASH adherence, in part through improved interoceptive awareness relevant to dietary consumption. The primary objective of the MB-BP trial was to evaluate effects of the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) program on interoceptive awareness. Secondary objectives assessed whether MB-BP impacts DASH adherence, and explored whether interoceptive awareness mediates DASH dietary changes.
Parallel-group phase 2 randomized clinical trial conducted from June 2017-November 2020 with 6 months follow-up. Data analyst was blinded to group allocation. Participants had elevated unattended office BP (≥120/80 mmHg). We randomized 201 participants to MB-BP (n=101) or enhanced usual care control (n=100). Loss-to-follow-up was 11.9%. Outcomes were the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA; range 0-5) score, and the DASH adherence score (range 0-11) assessed via a 163-item Food Frequency Questionnaire.
Participants were 58.7% female, 81.1% non-Hispanic white, with mean age 59.5 years. Regression analyses demonstrated that MB-BP increased the MAIA score by 0.54 (95% CI: 0.35,0.74; p<.0001) at 6 months follow-up vs. control. MB-BP increased the DASH score by 0.62 (95% CI: 0.13,1.11; p=0.01) at 6 months vs. control, in participants with poor DASH adherence at baseline.
A mindfulness training program adapted to improving health behaviors that lower BP improved interoceptive awareness and DASH adherence. MB-BP could support DASH dietary adherence in adults with elevated BP.
Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT03859076 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03859076; MAIA) and NCT03256890 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03256890; DASH diet adherence).
高血压是心血管疾病的主要病因。终止高血压膳食疗法(DASH)饮食可降低血压(BP)。然而,依从性通常较低。适用于改善降低血压的健康行为的正念训练可以提高DASH饮食的依从性,部分原因是通过提高与饮食摄入相关的内感受性意识。基于正念的血压降低(MB-BP)试验的主要目的是评估基于正念的血压降低计划对内感受性意识的影响。次要目标评估MB-BP是否会影响DASH饮食的依从性,并探讨内感受性意识是否介导了DASH饮食的变化。
2017年6月至2020年11月进行的平行组2期随机临床试验,随访6个月。数据分析师对分组情况不知情。参与者的诊室外血压升高(≥120/80 mmHg)。我们将201名参与者随机分为MB-BP组(n = 101)或强化常规护理对照组(n = 100)。失访率为11.9%。结局指标为内感受性意识多维评估(MAIA;范围0 - 5)得分,以及通过163项食物频率问卷评估的DASH饮食依从性得分(范围0 - 11)。
参与者中58.7%为女性,81.1%为非西班牙裔白人,平均年龄59.5岁。回归分析表明,与对照组相比,在6个月随访时,MB-BP组的MAIA得分提高了0.54(95%CI:0.35,0.74;p <.0001)。在基线时DASH饮食依从性较差的参与者中,与对照组相比,MB-BP组在6个月时的DASH得分提高了0.62(95%CI:0.13,1.11;p = 0.01)。
一种适用于改善降低血压的健康行为的正念训练计划提高了内感受性意识和DASH饮食的依从性。MB-BP可以支持血压升高的成年人坚持DASH饮食。
Clinicaltrials.gov标识符NCT03859076(https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03859076;MAIA)和NCT03256890(https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03256890;DASH饮食依从性)。