The Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training on Health of Intrapartum Women

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Stress

Treatments: Device: heart rate variability biofeedback Application (Eureka iDestressor)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04830111

109-E-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators examined the efficacy of heart rate variability biofeedback on physical and mental health problems in childbirth women.

Full description

In this study, the investigators examined the efficacy of heart rate variability biofeedback on physical and mental health problems in childbirth women. The following validated self-report measures were administered before and at five days after the intervention, Perceived stress scale-10, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• woman
• aged 20 years or more
• able to understand and write Chinese
• singleton birth
• having a full-term and healthy newborn

Exclusion criteria

• suicidal ideations
• psychosis
• medical or obstetric complications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

heart rate variability biofeedback training group

Experimental group

Description:

The goal of heart rate variability biofeedback is to increase heart rate variability through paced breathing exercises, which have shown to be effective in reducing stress and anxiety in general adult populations.

Treatment:

Device: heart rate variability biofeedback Application (Eureka iDestressor)

Care as usual

No Intervention group

Description:

In this condition, all of this group take care by hospital routine and the questionnaires were completed over a period with similar intervals.