Effectiveness of transcendental meditation on functional capacity and quality of life of African Americans with congestive heart failure: A randomized control study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-77

  Jayadevappa, Ravishankar ^a   Johnson, Jerry C ^a   Bloom, Bernard S ^a   Nidich, Sanford ^c   Desai, Shashank ^a   Chhatre, Sumedha ^a   Raziano, Donna B ^b   Schneider, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Elder Health Pennsylvania   (United States)

^c MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Complementary alternative medicine; Congestive heart failure; Health related quality of life; Stress; Transcendental meditation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846901417     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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