ผลของสมาธิบำบัด นั่งผ่อนคลาย ประสานกายประสานจิตร่วมกับการรักษาแบบเดิมต่อ ความดันโลหิตในผู้ป่วยความดันโลหิตสูงชนิดไม่ทราบสาเหตุในหน่วยบริการปฐมภูมิ Effects of the Sitting Breathing Meditation Combined with Usual Care on Blood Pressure among Patients with

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This quasi-experimental study aimed to examine effects of the sitting breathing meditation (SKT 1) combined with usual care on blood pressure level among patients with essential hypertension in the primary care units. Subjects included 80 patients with hypertension in Ubon Ratchathani province who were equally assigned into either experimental or control groups.  The experimental group practiced the 30-minutes SKT1, twice daily for eight weeks combined with usual care. In the meantime, the control group received only the usual care. Research instruments consisted of demographic questionnaire, experimental tool, and instruction media. The research instruments were assessed for the content validity and found to have an item-objective congruence (IOC) index at 0.9. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an independent t-test. 

Findings demonstrated that at the end of the program, the mean reduction of blood pressure was greater in the experimental group comparing with the control groups at p-level <.01. The mean reduction of systolic blood pressure was 13.30 mmHg in the experimental group and 1.07 mmHg in the control group. Similarly, the mean reduction of diastolic blood pressure was 12.47 mmHg in the experimental group and 0.20 mmHg in the control group. Study findings suggest that nurses can apply the sitting breathing meditation as a complementary approach to promote blood pressure control among patients with essential hypertension.