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P-1173 - the Influence of 10-week Treatment With Psychotherapy on Heart Rate Variability (hrv)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

V. Voborilova  and
J. Podlipny
V. Voborilova
Affiliation:
Charles University Prague, Faculty of Medicine Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
J. Podlipny
Affiliation:
Charles University Prague, Faculty of Medicine Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic

Abstract

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Introduction

Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the oscillations of successive heartbeats (variability of R-R periods). It is considered to be decreased in various psychiatric conditions, for example in depression (1). We ask if a treatment with psychotherapy can have a positive effect on HRV.

Aim

To assess whether a 10-week systematic dynamic group psychotherapy treatment influences HRV. There were the following parameters of HRV assessed: high frequency (HF), low frequency (LF), total power (TP), mean square successive differences (RMSSD), stress index (SI).

Methods

The measurement of HRV was carried out under standard conditions. We have recorded ECG with the use of TESLAGRAPH® device.

Sample characteristics

10 women and 5 men attending a 10-week treatment. The psychiatric diagnoses were various anxiety and neurotic disorders.

Results

(median: before treatment - after a 10 week treatment): HF (442 Hz - 305 Hz; p = NS); LF (709 Hz - 556 Hz; p = NS); TP (1835 ms2 - 2371 ms2; p = 0,NS); RMSSD (28 ms2 - 33 ms2; p = 0,NS); SI (106 – 66; p = NS).

Conclusion

An improvement was found in all characteristics of HRV after the treatment, however the differences are not statistically significant.

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Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012

References

Licht, C.M., de Geus, E.J., et al.Association Between Major Depressive Disorder and Heart Rate Variability in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (nesda). Arch gen Psychiatry 2008;65(12):1358–136710.1001/archpsyc.65.12.1358CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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