Key result
HRV biofeedback significantly reduces perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions in caregiving grandmothers.
Why the study?
Many American grandmothers raising grandchildren experience stress that may be alleviated by heart rate variability biofeedback.
Does heart rate variability biofeedback reduce perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions in grandmothers raising grandchildren?
Does heart rate variability biofeedback reduce perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions in grandmothers raising grandchildren?
HRV biofeedback shows potential as an effective intervention for reducing stress and depressive thoughts in caregiving grandmothers.
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May support HRV biofeedback for stressed grandparent caregivers; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Over one million American grandmothers raise grandchildren, and many experience stress that may be alleviated by biofeedback. This pilot trial of 20 grandmothers used a pretest-posttest design with repeated measures to test the effects of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback on perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions. Significant decreases in stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions were found. Biofeedback is thus potentially effective for reducing stress and depressive thoughts and feelings in grandmothers raising grandchildren, and the intervention warrants further testing.
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Zauszniewski et al. (2013) studied Stress (n=20). Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback vs. Pretest (baseline) was evaluated on Perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions. Heart rate variability biofeedback significantly decreased perceived stress, negative emotions, and depressive cognitions in grandmothers raising grandchildren.
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