Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Improves Cardiorespiratory Resting Function During Sleep

Sakakibara, Masahito; Hayano, Junichiro; Oikawa, Leo O.; Katsamanis, Maria; Lehrer, Paul M.

doi:10.1007/s10484-013-9232-7

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“…Using such devices might have further clarified the influence of HRV-BF on sleep. Furthermore, a previous report indicated that HRV-BF before bedtime increased respiratory sinus arrhythmia during sleep (12), but this could not be evaluated in our study because there was no HRV measurement during sleep. Second, this study population consisted of family caregivers of patients with cancer, which made it ethically difficult to include a control group.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Therefore, HRV-BF with RFB may influence resting function during sleep. A previous report found healthy persons could increase respiratory sinus arrhythmia during sleep by HRV-BF before bedtime (12). Moreover, a randomized controlled trial involving an HRV-BF group and a control group investigated the use of a portable device in terms of the first night effect for healthy persons (13).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Sessions With Resonant Frequency Breathing on Sleep: A Pilot Study Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

2020

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Heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) is used as a skill in psychosomatic medicine, but is not yet established in the field of sleep. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of HRV-BF with resonant frequency breathing (RFB) on sleep performed once every 2 weeks and the usefulness of practice of RFB using a portable device at home before bedtime. Participants were 69 family caregivers of patients with cancer that felt burdened by nursing care. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with an HRV-BF+Home practice group and an HRV-BF group. HRV-BF with RFB was administered to both groups at our medical institution for up to 30 min on the experiment days. Home practice involved RFB using a portable device, which was performed at home each day within 20 min before bedtime. Evaluation items were: change ratio of total score of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 28 days after the trial started. In total, 52.2% of participants had insomnia. The two HRV-BF groups had decreased PSQI total scores, which indicated an improvement in PSQI total score near 5.5 on Day 28. The two HRV-BF groups had significantly increased HRV scores on Day 28, and there was correlation between the variation of PSQI total score and the variation of HRV score. The quality of sleep assessed by PSQI scores in the HRV-BF+Home practice group was significantly improved compared with the HRV-BF group on Day 28 (p = 0.001). This suggests HRV-BF may be a useful skill for enhancing sleep among family caregivers of patients with cancer, as well as supporting their autonomic nervous function. Additional actual regular practice of RFB (using a portable device at home before bedtime) may further enhance the effect.

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confidence: 84%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Sessions With Resonant Frequency Breathing on Sleep: A Pilot Study Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

2020

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“…The reinforcing effect of HRV biofeedback has been well demonstrated in various studies (e.g. Lehrer, 2013, or Sakakibara et al, 2013.…”

Section: Biofeedback For Reducing Stressmentioning

confidence: 79%

SmartCoping - A Mobile Solution for Stress Recognition and Prevention

Maier¹,

Reimer²,

Laurenzi³

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics

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The paper describes the development of a mobile solution based on smartphones and sensors for the early recognition of stress. The solution is based on real-time capture and analysis of vital data such as heart rate variability as well as activity and contextual data such as location and time of day. Individual recognition patterns for stress are derived from combining vital and contextual data by using subjective stress assessments via mood maps as additional input during an initial learning phase. The reliability of stress alerts and therapeutic impact will be tested in a clinic specialised on the treatment of alcoholics since stress tends to cause craving and therefore trigger relapses.

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“…Therefore, reduction of anxiety symptoms with HRV biofeedback, which was reported by other studies (Reiner 2008; Henriques et al 2011; Ratanasiripong et al 2012), may be particularly beneficial for postpartum women. HRV biofeedback was reported to shorten sleep latency (Ebben et al 2009), prolong deeper sleep stages (Sakakibara et al 2013), and ameliorate insomnia (McLay and Spira 2009). Due to childcare responsibilities, postpartum women sleep less during the early weeks following delivery than during pregnancy and other periods of the reproductive age (Lee et al 2000).…”

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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention for Reduction of Psychological Stress During the Early Postpartum Period

Kudo

Shinohara

Kodama

2014

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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This study examined the effectiveness of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback intervention for reduction of psychological stress in women in the early postpartum period. On postpartum day 4, 55 healthy subjects received a brief explanation about HRV biofeedback using a portable device. Among them, 25 mothers who agreed to implement HRV biofeedback at home were grouped as the biofeedback group, and other 30 mothers were grouped as the control group. At 1 month postpartum, there was a significant decrease in total Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score (P < 0.001) in the biofeedback group; this change was brought about mainly by decreases in items related to anxiety or difficulty sleeping. There was also a significant increase in standard deviation of the normal heartbeat interval (P < 0.01) of the resting HRV measures in the biofeedback group after adjusting for potential covariates. In conclusion, postpartum women who implemented HRV biofeedback after delivery were relatively free from anxiety and complained less of difficulties sleeping at 1 month postpartum. Although the positive effects of HRV biofeedback may be partly attributable to intervention effects, due to its clinical outcome, HRV biofeedback appears to be recommendable for many postpartum women as a feasible health-promoting measure after childbirth.

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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Improves Cardiorespiratory Resting Function During Sleep

Cited by 37 publications

References 31 publications

Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Sessions With Resonant Frequency Breathing on Sleep: A Pilot Study Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Sessions With Resonant Frequency Breathing on Sleep: A Pilot Study Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

SmartCoping - A Mobile Solution for Stress Recognition and Prevention

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention for Reduction of Psychological Stress During the Early Postpartum Period

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