Effects of Body Awareness Therapy in heart rate variability of university students
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- Conditions
- Anxiety, depression, stress, heart rate variabilityF01.145.126.990F01.145.126.350E01.370.600.875.500F01.470.132
- Registration Number
- RBR-4mxb77
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual Paulista - FCT/UNESP
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteers; both genders; aged 18-25 years; higher education students
Exclusion Criteria
Smokers; presence of renal; cardiovascular and / or respiratory disease; make use of drugs that influence the autonomic activity of the heart
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increased rates of rMSSD and SDNN after intervention with body awareness therapy, verified by analyzing the heart rate variability, captured by Polar S810i, based on comparison of the values of the indexes in the pre and post-intervention moments, and before and after rest, for the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation levels of anxiety, depression and stress, verified by questionnaires analysis , with values greater than 9 to possible anxiety and / or depression in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and for symptoms of stress, will be considered score equal or above 7 in stage I, equal or above 4 in phase II, and equal or above 9 in stage III in Inventory of Symptoms of Stress - Lipp.<br>