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Heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled study

Overview of attention for article published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, October 2015
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Title
Heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled study
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, October 2015
DOI 10.2147/ndt.s84798
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Ana Isabel Penzlin, Timo Siepmann, Ben Min-Woo Illigens, Kerstin Weidner, Martin Siepmann

Abstract

In patients with alcohol dependence, ethyl-toxic damage of vasomotor and cardiac autonomic nerve fibers leads to autonomic imbalance with neurovascular and cardiac dysfunction, the latter resulting in reduced heart rate variability (HRV). Autonomic imbalance is linked to increased craving and cardiovascular mortality. In this study, we sought to assess the effects of HRV biofeedback training on HRV, vasomotor function, craving, and anxiety. We conducted a randomized controlled study in 48 patients (14 females, ages 25-59 years) undergoing inpatient rehabilitation treatment. In the treatment group, patients (n=24) attended six sessions of HRV biofeedback over 2 weeks in addition to standard rehabilitative care, whereas, in the control group, subjects received standard care only. Psychometric testing for craving (Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale), anxiety (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised), HRV assessment using coefficient of variation of R-R intervals (CVNN) analysis, and vasomotor function assessment using laser Doppler flowmetry were performed at baseline, immediately after completion of treatment or control period, and 3 and 6 weeks afterward (follow-ups 1 and 2). Psychometric testing showed decreased craving in the biofeedback group immediately postintervention (OCDS scores: 8.6±7.9 post-biofeedback versus 13.7±11.0 baseline [mean ± standard deviation], P<0.05), whereas craving was unchanged at this time point in the control group. Anxiety was reduced at follow-ups 1 and 2 post-biofeedback, but was unchanged in the control group (P<0.05). Following biofeedback, CVNN tended to be increased (10.3%±2.8% post-biofeedback, 10.1%±3.5% follow-up 1, 10.1%±2.9% follow-up 2 versus 9.7%±3.6% baseline; P=not significant). There was no such trend in the control group. Vasomotor function assessed using the mean duration to 50% vasoconstriction of cutaneous vessels after deep inspiration was improved following biofeedback immediately postintervention and was unchanged in the control group (P<0.05). Our data indicate that HRV biofeedback might be useful to decrease anxiety, increase HRV, and improve vasomotor function in patients with alcohol dependence when complementing standard rehabilitative inpatient care.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 129 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 16%
Researcher 20 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 8%
Student > Bachelor 11 8%
Other 24 18%
Unknown 28 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 52 40%
Medicine and Dentistry 18 14%
Neuroscience 7 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 4%
Sports and Recreations 4 3%
Other 12 9%
Unknown 33 25%
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#8,614,141
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