Comparative Intervention Study of Stress Reduction in Corporate Health Management

ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: MBI_HRV_Bfb; Behavioral: MBI; Behavioral: HRV_Bfb

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02709551

STM_04

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is the evaluation of the effects (psychological and physiological) of an hrv-biofeedback training, a mindfulness training and a combination of both training methods for stress reduction.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults
• Working in the business in which the study is conducted

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiac disease
• Thyroid disease (intake of glucocorticoids)
• Actual psychological illness
• Intake of psychotropic drugs
• Intake of other medication changing HRV

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

HRV-Bfb

Experimental group

Description:

HRV biofeedback, training about 30 minutes/day

Treatment:

Behavioral: HRV_Bfb

MBI

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness based intervention, training about 30 minutes/day

Treatment:

Behavioral: MBI

MBI_HRV-Bfb

Other group

Description:

Mindfulness based HRV biofeedback. Wait list control group for the interventions HRV-Bfb and MBI, after the main phase intervention with combined method.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MBI_HRV_Bfb