期刊
GERIATRIC NURSING
卷 42, 期 2, 页码 397-404出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.02.006
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Informal caregivers; Caregiver burden; Heart-focused breathing; Heart rate variability
资金
- Honors College, at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Barrett
Informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease often experience high stress and reduced wellbeing. The Heart Lock-In technique has been shown to reduce stress, but the heart-focused breathing intervention may increase caregiver burden and anxiety.
Informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often experience high stress and reduced wellbeing and quality of life. HeartMath's Heart Lock-In (R) technique has been shown to reduce stress. In a randomized controlled pilot study among ten informal AD caregivers, we examined a two-week ten-minute daily, internet delivered heart-focused breathing protocol (n = 5) compared to waitlist control (n = 5). Participants completed pre- and post-self-assessments of perceived caregiver burden, stress, quality of life, anxiety, self-compassion and heart rate variability (HRV). Quality of life improved significantly in the control group compared to intervention, while self-compassion and HRV trended towards the expected direction. Caregiver burden and anxiety worsened in the intervention vs. waitlist control, suggesting the perception of added stress related to the required new daily task. While heart-focused breathing may hold promise for improving aspects of the caregiving experience, exploring online delivery methods and schedules that do not add extra burden is needed. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据