The Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Intervention in Hypertension Patient. (EMDR)

The Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Reducing Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate Variability in Primary Hypertension： A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing intervention may improve anxiety, depression, systolic blood pressure and heart rate variability in patients with hypertension.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Anxiety; Blood Pressure; Heart Rate Variability; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 110
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Neihu
    • Taipei, Neihu, Taiwan, 114
      • Chen, miao-yi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age of 20-80 years,
2. diagnosed with primary hypertension as in SBP ≥130 mmHg or DBP ≥80 mmHg,
3. and able to read and understand Chinese or Taiwanese and willing to participate in this study,

Exclusion Criteria:

1. . Secondary hypertension
2. . Hypertension Crisis.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing intervention; The goal of EMDR is to help manage physical and mental unpleasant experiences due to hypertension. The intervention group received EMDR therapy included eight phases, each lasting 60-90 minutes, and the intervention consisted of four weekly. In this study, a Nurse practitioner trained in EMDR performs an intervention in an outpatient clinic's quiet, empty room.	Behavioral: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; Effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing on Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Hypertension.
No Intervention: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing control; The control group received routine care and treatment as usual. They did not receive EMDR intervention or counseling.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety	HADS-A score	Six month
depression symptoms	CESD Scale	Six month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Blood pressure	Blood pressure	Six month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Miao-Yi Chen

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 10, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): December 28, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 18, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 1, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Hypertension
• Other Study ID Numbers: TSGHNDMC

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No