Sleep to Lower Elevated Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Trial (SLEPT)

201693 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Emer R. McGrath · Massachusetts General Hospital

Colin A. Espie · University of Oxford

Alice Power · University College Cork

Andrew W. Murphy · Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

John Newell · Croí

Caroline Kelly · Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Niamh Duffy

Abstract

A simple, low-cost, web-delivered sleep intervention is feasible and significantly improves sleep quality and measures of psychosocial health in individuals with mild sleep impairment but does not result in short-term improvements in blood pressure.

Topics & Keywords

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Hypertension

Volume 30, Issue 3, pp. 319-327

DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw132

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.69