Effects of a Sound-Based Meditative Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Salivary Cortisol Levels, and Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Cureus September 2026 Hemachandran Ravikumar, Suresh Sathyanarayanan
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 randomized controlled trial evidence remains limited. Objective The objective was to...