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Effects of Body Awareness Therapy in heart rate variability of university students

Not Applicable
Conditions
Anxiety, depression, stress, heart rate variability
F01.145.126.990
F01.145.126.350
E01.370.600.875.500
F01.470.132
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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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>
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