Effectiveness of binaural auditory beats on stress reduction: a randomized, double-blind and controlled study

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Enrollment: 90
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 3 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

TBD

End Date

February 10, 2021

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional Study

Sex

All

Sponsor

•Stress were defined according to PSS, BDI\-II, ISI and STAI\-S scores. Those with PSS score 14 or higher were evaluated to be stressful. As stress can induce depressed mood, insomnia and anxiety, we also included the either of the followings in criteria: BDI\-II 20\-45, STAI\-S \>\=39, ISI 8\-21\.

•Exclusion criteria included; (1\) history of neurological deficit (dementia, brain injury, seizure disorder), (2\) presence of major psychiatric disorder, (3\) treated for pituitary, thyroid, or adrenal disease, (4\) being pregnant or lactating, (5\) persons with acute stress (death of family, restraint, divorce, separation, debt, delinquency, affair, business failure, serious illness, marriage, etc.) within 4 weeks, (6\) receiving cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, neurofeedback, or meditation therapy within 1 year, (7\) taking psychiatric drugs, oral steroids or corticosteroids, health functional foods related to stress and sleep improvement within 2 weeks.