Effects of a Sound-Based Meditative Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Salivary Cortisol Levels, and Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background Psychological stress contributes to mental health symptoms and cardiovascular risk through pathways involving anxiety, depression, cortisol secretion, autonomic dysregulation, and elevated blood pressure. Sound-based meditation is a nonpharmacological approach that may support stress management, but randomiz...