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Elevated Office Blood Pressure: Exploring the Effect of Adapted Mindfulness Training

Jul 20, 2023

REFERENCES & ADDITIONAL READING

Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z, Saadeh FB, et al. Effect of adapted mindfulness training in participants with elevated office blood pressure: The MB-BP Study: a randomized clinical trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023;12(11):e028712. Available at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.028712.

Loucks EB, Nardi WR, Gutman R, et al. Mindfulness‐based blood pressure reduction (MB‐BP): stage 1 single‐arm clinical trial. PLOS One. 2019; 14:e0223095.

Loucks EB, Schuman‐Olivier Z, Britton WB, et al. Mindfulness and cardiovascular disease risk: state of the evidence, plausible mechanisms, and theoretical framework. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2015;17:112.

Barone Gibbs B, Hivert MF, Jerome GJ, et al; American Heart Association. Physical activity as a critical component of first‐line treatment for elevated blood pressure or cholesterol: who, what, and how? A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Hypertension.2021;78:e26-e37.

Muntner P, Hardy ST, Fine LJ, et al. Trends in blood pressure control among US adults with hypertension, 1999‐2000 to 2017‐2018. JAMA. 2020;324:1190-1200.

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ABOUT THE EXPERTS

  • Eric B. Loucks, PhD

    Eric B. Loucks, PhD
    Associate Professor & Director
    Mindfulness Center
    Department of Epidemiology
    Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences
    Brown University School of Public Health

    Eric B. Loucks, PhD, developed Mindfulness‐Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB‐BP) and was one of the three MB‐BP instructors for the study described in this article. He does not receive financial compensation related to MB‐BP. Conditions were put in place to limit his potential bias on study data interpretation. Send correspondence for Dr. Loucks to eric.loucks@brown.edu.

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