Final Analysis Dataset: Effects of a Sound-Based Meditative Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Salivary Cortisol, and Blood Pressure

This repository contains the corrected, de-identified final analysis dataset for the randomized controlled trial titled “Effects of a Sound-Based Meditative Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Salivary Cortisol, and Blood Pressure.” The dataset includes 100 participants allocated to intervention and control groups, with age, gender, baseline and post-intervention Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression (HADS-D) scores, salivary cortisol levels, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. Change scores are calculated as post-intervention values minus baseline values. The dataset supports the revised manuscript analyses, including baseline comparisons, descriptive within-group changes, and baseline-adjusted between-group ANCOVA analyses. HADS-A is the primary analysis reported in the manuscript; HADS-D, salivary cortisol, and systolic blood pressure are secondary outcomes, while diastolic blood pressure is reported as an exploratory physiological outcome. This repository supersedes the prior related dataset deposited at DOI: 10.17632/ts5sbcxgv9.3. The earlier dataset remains part of the public record and should not be used for the analyses reported in the revised manuscript.