Why the study?
Does false heart rate feedback increase the perception of heart symptoms in patients with congenital heart disease and anxiety?
Population
80 adults, age 18-55 years. ConHD group: mean age 31.69, 17 women, 19 men, 11 complex, 11 moderate, 14…
Comparison
False heart rate feedback provided via audio… vs Treadmill exercise task without false heart rate…
Design
RCT, Order of the two exercise tasks was randomized among participants…
Follow-up
Immediate (during and immediately after exercise tasks)
Authors
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False HR feedback heightens symptom perception in anxious ConHD patients; extends RCT evidence on cognitive biases in cardiac symptom reporting.
Does false heart rate feedback increase the perception of heart symptoms in patients with congenital heart disease and anxiety?
In patients with congenital heart disease, high trait anxiety combined with false heart rate cues increases the vulnerability to overperceive heart symptoms, independent of actual cardiac dysfunction.
Karsdorp et al. (2009) studied this question.
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