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Older adults will be randomly assigned to an active heart rate variability biofeedback condition and a "sham" control condition. Stress recovery measures and emotional and cognitive functioning will be assessed before and following the five-week intervention to assess potential changes from the intervention.


Clinical Trial Description

The goal of the current study is to compare heart rate variability biofeedback in an older adults study. The primary aims of the paper are to test whether there will be differences between HRV measurements pre- to post-intervention for HRV outcomes, stress recovery, and emotional and cognitive outcome measures. The investigators will implement an active HRVB condition and a control condition that utilizes methods developed by Yoo and colleagues. The "sham" control condition is designed to decrease the syncing of the baroreceptors and respiratory sinus arrhythmia and decrease heart rate oscillations. The target sample will be 50 older adults 65 years and older that will be randomized into the two groups. ;


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NCT number NCT05902286
Study type Interventional
Source Brigham Young University
Contact Whitney D Allen, M.S.
Phone 2088817186
Email whitneyallen722@gmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase Early Phase 1
Start date February 17, 2023
Completion date April 24, 2024

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