Key result
Heart rate variability biofeedback training demonstrated necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness for reducing stress in grandmothers raising their grandchildren.
Why the study?
Does heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training reduce stress in grandmothers who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren?
Observational (n=20)
Does heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training reduce stress in grandmothers who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren?
HRV biofeedback training appears to be an acceptable, feasible, and effective intervention for reducing stress in grandmothers raising their grandchildren.
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Supports HRV biofeedback for caregiver stress; leaves open efficacy confirmation in randomized trials.
This study examined the six critical parameters for evaluating interventions, including necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness, of a heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training intervention in a sample of 20 grandmothers who were the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. After the grandmothers completed the HRV biofeedback training, they answered open-ended questions to provide data on the six parameters during face-to-face interviews. The findings of the study provided evidence for the necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness of the HRV biofeedback intervention for reducing the stress experienced by grandmothers in raising their grandchildren.
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Zauszniewski et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Stress in grandmothers raising grandchildren (n=20). Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training was evaluated on Necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness for reducing stress. Heart rate variability biofeedback training demonstrated necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness for reducing stress in grandmothers raising their grandchildren.
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