Salivary cortisol and autonomic nervous system reactivity to relaxation exercises in palliative care
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- 8-982 Palliativmedizinische KomplexbehandlungOPS 8-98e Spezialisierte stationäre palliativmedizinische Komplexbehandlung
- Registration Number
- DRKS00013135
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
Capacity to provide consent
- Tumor disease
- Sufficient understanding of German or English language
Exclusion Criteria
- Final stage of the disease
- Cognitive, attentional or auditive impairments (ICD: C71, C72, G93.80, H90, H91)
- Manifest psychiatric disease (ICD: F00 – F99)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reactivity of salivary cortisol: T0 at the beginning, T1 after 20 minutes, T2 after 40 minutes, T3 after 60 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Reactivity of alpha-amylase 8T0 at the beginning, T1 after 20 minutes, T2 after 40 minutes, T3 after 60 minutes)<br>- Changes in heart rate variability (continously from T0 to T3)<br>- Changes in peripheral blood volume (continously from T0 to T3)<br>- Changes in subjective well-being (T0 at the beginning, T1 after 20 minutes, T2 after 40 minutes, T3 after 60 minutes)<br>- Changes in subjective stress (T0 at the beginning, T1 after 20 minutes, T2 after 40 minutes, T3 after 60 minutes)