40
Participants
Start Date
November 9, 2015
Primary Completion Date
June 26, 2016
Study Completion Date
August 3, 2016
heart rate variability biofeedback
The HRVBF group received four, one-on-one bedside biofeedback training sessions (20-minutes a day for 4 days), and practiced on their own (10-minutes twice a day) using a FDA-regulated, hand-held mobile biofeedback device (StressEraser, Helico Inc., New York, NY, USA).26 The control group received usual care.Afterwards, all participants were telephoned bi-weekly and encouraged to practice slow breathing (HRVBF group) or to perform self-care (control group) for three months.
National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
OTHER