Key result
Cardiac coherence training in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia significantly improved mindfulness (p=0.04) and emotional stressors (p=0.05), with a trend toward reduced state-anxiety (p=0.08).
Why the study?
Health care addressing emotional regulation capacity in patients with schizophrenia facing daily stress may reduce anxiety, but benefits of cardiac coherence training in this population are unclear.
Does cardiac coherence training reduce anxiety and improve well-being in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia?
Does cardiac coherence training reduce anxiety and improve well-being in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia?
Cardiac coherence training may be a beneficial, well-accepted intervention to help clinically stable patients with schizophrenia manage daily anxiety and stress.
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May support cardiac coherence training for mindfulness in stable schizophrenia; leaves open efficacy pending randomized trials.
Health care that addresses the emotional regulation capacity of patients with schizophrenia confronted with daily stress may contribute to a less anxious life. A psycho-physiological training [cardiac coherence training (CCT)] focusing on emotion regulation is known to decrease anxiety for healthy individuals. We performed a pilot cross sectional survey to explore the benefits of CCT for clinically stable patients with schizophrenia. Ten patients were enrolled in the program consisting of twelve weekly 1-h session programs monitored over a 2-month period. Standardised questionnaires were used before and after the intervention to assess anxiety, well-being outcomes, and how patients deal with stress and stressors. Results showed that this quite-well accepted intervention improved (or tended to improve) well-being outcomes, state-anxiety, and emotional stressors evaluation. The successful transformations were higher for patients with the highest clinical and emotional suffering. Thus, this pilot study revealed that CCT may help patients with schizophrenia to deal with anxiety in daily life.
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Trousselard et al. (2015) studied Remitted Schizophrenia (n=10). Cardiac Coherence Training (CCT) was evaluated on State-anxiety (p=0.08). Cardiac coherence training in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia significantly improved mindfulness (p=0.04) and emotional stressors (p=0.05), with a trend toward reduced state-anxiety (p=0.08).
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