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

Miao-Yi Chen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Intervention; Heart Rate Variability; Anxiety; Blood Pressure

Treatments: Behavioral: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05836181

TSGHNDMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing intervention

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received routine care and treatment as usual. They did not receive EMDR intervention or counseling.