Why the study?
Does a portable respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) biofeedback device reduce state anxiety and heart rate in individuals with high stress levels?
Population
Individuals reporting stress levels at least 1 SD above the mean on the Perceived Stress Scale
Comparison
Portable respiratory sinus arrhythmia… vs Passive biofeedback control
Design
Other
Follow-up
single brief session
Authors
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May reduce HR and anxiety in stressed adults; hypothesis-generating and requires larger RCTs before practice change.
Does a portable respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) biofeedback device reduce state anxiety and heart rate in individuals with high stress levels?
Brief respiratory sinus arrhythmia biofeedback may provide added benefits over passive relaxation in reducing state anxiety and heart rate stress reactivity.
Sherlin et al. (2009) studied this question.
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