Feasibility of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback With In-patient Pregnant Women

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Maternal Stress, Maternal Anxiety, Maternal Health Services

In brief

Purpose: The investigators plan a feasibility study on an easily disseminated biofeedback tool to reduce stress among hospitalized and expecting mothers. Converging evident suggests that Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB) can improve the threshold of stress management and improve executive functioning. Additionally HRVB has been shown to significantly reduce anxiety features in women suffering from perinatal depression. The investigators hypothesize that HRVB will reduce stress levels among expecting mothers hospitalized for pregnancy complications, who are at high risk for depression and anxiety. Participants: Expecting mothers hospitalized for pregnancy complication, who are at high risk for depression and anxiety. Procedures: The investigators plain to use a heart rate variability biofeedback tool to measure stress reduction in hospitalized expectant mothers. This tool will be coupled with validated surveys and scales, high frequency heart rate variability, saliva samples, and qualitative interviews to quantify the reduction in stress from the HRVB tool.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02119936
Run by
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
People needed
10
Starts
2014-05-01
Expected to finish
2016-10-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-03-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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