Older Adult Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized Controlled Study of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in an Older Adult Sample
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.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 50 |
Est. completion date | April 24, 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | April 24, 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 65 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Fluent English speaker - Able to provide informed consent - 65 years or Older Exclusion Criteria: - Symptoms within the last year of a neurological disorder (e.g., dementia, stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness in the last year, etc.). - Conditions that might affect the biofeedback training (i.e., pacemakers, previous self-reported heart attack with hospitalization, self-reported coronary artery disease) - Currently engaged in or have been previously trained in heart rate variability biofeedback. - 3.3 or higher on the IQCODE. - Currently prescribed and taking beta-blockers. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Brigham Young Unversity | Provo | Utah |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Brigham Young University |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Stress Recovery Change Following Intervention | The first primary aim of the paper is to test whether there will be difference resting HRV measurements pre- to post-intervention. | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Primary | Resting HRV Change Following Intervention | The second primary aim of the study will be to test the utility of HRVB compared to sham control in improving HRV following a stressor in older adults using a randomized trial design. | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Secondary | Emotional Functioning: Satisfaction with Life Scale | One of the secondary aims is to evaluate whether change in HRV in older adults following HRVB are associated with subjective change in life satisfaction. To understand change in life satisfaction, researchers will have participants complete the Satisfaction with Life Scale during pre and post intervention testing sessions. The scale has a range of 5-35 with 5-9 representing extreme dissatisfaction with life and 31-35 with extremely satisfied with life. | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Secondary | Emotional Functioning: Scale of Positive and Negative Emotions | As further evidence of potential changes in self-reported emotional functioning, all participants will complete the Scale of Positive and Negative Emotions. The scale results in a summed positive and negative score that ranges from 6 to 30 that will both be considered in analyses. | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Secondary | Emotional Functioning: Geriatric Depression Scale-15 | The researchers are interested in how self-reported depressive symptoms might change following intervention. To assess self-reported depression levels, all participants will be administered the Geriatric Depression Scale-15. The questionnaire scoring has four ranges reflecting depression severity: 0-4 (normal), 5-8 (mild); 9-11 (moderate); 12-15 (severe). | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Secondary | Emotional Functioning: Depression and Stress Anxiety Scale | Lastly, to assess both self-reported depression and anxiety all participants will complete the Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale to examine potential changes following intervention. The questionnaire scoring has four separate ranges for depression, stress, and anxiety. Specifically, depression severity ranges included: 0-9 (normal), 10-13 (mild); 14-20 (moderate), 21-27 (severe), 28+ (extremely severe). Stress severity ranges included: 0-14 (normal), 15-18 (mild), 19-25 (moderate), 26-33 (severe), 34+ (extremely severe). Lastly, the anxiety ranges are 0-7 (normal), 8-9 (mild), 10-14 (moderate),15-19 (severe), 20+ (extremely severe). | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. | |
Secondary | Cognitive Functioning | An additional aim of the study is to evaluate whether improvements in HRV in older adults following HRVB are associated with objective and subjective improvements in cognitive functioning (i.e., attention, inhibitory control). The investigators will be using the National Institute of Health (NIH) Toolkit to assess cognitive functioning. | Through study completion, an average of 7 weeks. |
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