Why the study?
Do acute changes in high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) during meditation predict smoking outcomes in adults undergoing smoking cessation treatment?
Population
31 adults who smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day, with little or no prior meditation experience, and…
Comparison
Mindfulness meditation practiced during a 1.5… vs Resting baseline prior to meditation.
Design
Cohort, Participants were randomized into treatment arms of a 4-week RCT that…
Follow-up
17 weeks after the initiation of treatment
Authors
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Acute HF-HRV increases during meditation were associated with reduced smoking; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Do acute changes in high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) during meditation predict smoking outcomes in adults undergoing smoking cessation treatment?
Acute increases in high-frequency heart rate variability during meditation predict reduced cigarette consumption at 17 weeks in individuals undergoing smoking cessation treatment.
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