Noise Health. 2026 May-Jun 01;28(132):677-685. doi: 10.4103/nah.nah_29_26. Epub 2026 Jun 30.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effects of inpatient environmental noise management combined with meditation and pranayama nursing on nocturnal blood pressure and sleep quality in patients with post-stroke sequelae of the liver-yang hyperactivity type.
METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included 200 patients with post-stroke sequelae of the liver-yang hyperactivity type who were hospitalized in the Department of Neurology at Qingdao Municipal Hospital from June 2022 to March 2025. Patients were divided into a conventional nursing group and a combined nursing group according to different nursing protocols. The conventional nursing group received routine integrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine nursing, and the combined nursing group received inpatient environmental noise management combined with mindful breathing regulation on this basis, and the nursing was carried out for 4 weeks. Blood pressure, sleep quality, emotional regulation scores, psychological stability scores, and environmental satisfaction scores were compared between the two groups of patients before and after nursing.
RESULTS: Before nursing, no significant differences in baseline data were observed between the two groups ( P > 0.05). After 4 weeks of nursing, the systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) decreased significantly in both groups. Nocturnal SBP, DBP, and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scores in the combined nursing group were significantly lower than those in the conventional nursing group ( P < 0.05); after nursing, the cognitive dimension of the combined nursing group was significantly higher than that of the usual nursing group, and the expression inhibition dimension score was significantly lower than that of the usual nursing group ( P < 0.05); after nursing, the total Sleep Environment Satisfaction Scale score of the combined nursing group was significantly higher than that of the conventional nursing group ( P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Noise management combined with meditative pranayama is associated with improvements in nocturnal blood pressure and sleep quality in patients with post-stroke sequelae of the liver-yang hyperactivity type, promoting emotional adjustment and mental stability, improving hospitalization comfort and environmental satisfaction, and demonstrating good clinical application value.
PMID:42446333 | DOI:10.4103/nah.nah_29_26