Meditation for reducing stress during heart surgery
Part of Heart & circulation, Hormones & metabolism, Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether listening to a guided visualization meditation before and after open-heart surgery can help reduce stress and improve recovery. If you're having your first open-heart surgeryaine and meet the health criteria, you may be able to participate.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are having open-heart surgery (where the chest is opened) for the first time.
- You are in good health overall, aside from your heart condition (classified as ASA I or II).
- You do not have any diagnosed psychiatric illness or take psychiatric medications.
- You do not have conditions like Addison's disease or Cushing's syndrome and are not taking steroid medications like prednisone.
- After surgery, you are expected to wake up normally with full alertness and have no hearing issues that would prevent you from listening to audio.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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