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Heart rate variability in junior high school students with depression and anxiety in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2013

Hsin‐Te Huang  and
Kong‐Sang Wan
Hsin‐Te Huang
Affiliation:
Bei‐Tou Armed Forces Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
Kong‐Sang Wan*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital‐Renai Branch, Taipei City, Taiwan School of Medicine, National Yang‐Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan
*
Kong‐Sang Wan, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital‐Renai Branch, No. 10, Sec. 4, Renai Road, Da An District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan. Tel: +886 2 27093600 ext. 3471 Fax: +886 2 27046356 E‐mail: gwan1998@gmail.com
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Abstract

Background

The impact of depression and anxiety on heart rate variability (HRV) is not clear in adolescents. We hypothesised that HRV investigation in adolescents may early prevent the mental diseases occurrence.

Methods

Three hundred and thirty‐three seventh grade students participated in this study programme. HRV instrumental analysis and spectral with scale of depression were measured respectively.

Results

It showed that among the participants, the depression score of female was higher than male. The population with lower depression score present with lower high frequency and higher low frequency/high frequency ratio but not statistically significant. Oppositely, participants with higher depression score were increased with heart rate and present with lower standard deviation of heart rate. However, it is also not statistically significant.

Conclusion

This study supported the positive relation between HRV and depression, especially in the female gender. Therefore, HRV in depression may be beneficial in the detection and prevention of mental disorder development, even suicide behaviour in teenagers.

Keywords

adolescentanxietydepressionheart rate variabilitysuicide
Type
Short Communications
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 175 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 

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