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The Short-Term And Long-Term Effects Of Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation Therapy In Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Control Study, Tsuey-Yuan Huang, Debra K. Moser, Shiow-Li Hwang
The Short-Term And Long-Term Effects Of Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation Therapy In Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Control Study, Tsuey-Yuan Huang, Debra K. Moser, Shiow-Li Hwang
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Background: Relaxation techniques can reduce sympathetic nervous system activation and stress, potentially improving heart failure patients’ physical and psychological outcomes.
Purpose: To examine the effects of biofeedback-assisted relaxation (BFAR) therapy in patients with heart failure.
Methods: A prospective randomized control study was conducted. Participants in the treatment group received BFAR therapy, while participants in the control group received standard of care. Short-term outcomes were physical symptoms and psychosocial variables measured at baseline and 3 months; long-term outcomes were cardiac events and mortality assessed at 12 months.
Results: Fifty-two heart failure patients participated in the study: 23 (mean age 60.0 ± …