Kloter, Evelyne; Walder-Rohner, Lorena; Haas, Harald; Hundhammer, Theodor; Wolf, Ursula (2023). A Prospective Observational Pilot Study on the Effects of the Activity-Based Stress Release Program on the Mental State and Autonomic Nervous System in Psychiatric Patients. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1438, pp. 231-237. Springer 10.1007/978-3-031-42003-0_36
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BACKGROUND
In our pilot study, we investigated the psychological (well-being and personal coping strategies) and physiological (assessed by heart rate variability (HRV)) effects of the newly developed activity-based stress release (ABSR) program for people with depressive disorders, also in combination with burnout symptoms and/or anxiety disorders.
METHODS
A single-arm prospective observational study was carried out. Twenty participants diagnosed with depression and burnout or anxiety disorders were invited to participate in the 8-week ABSR program. All participants filled in two questionnaires (the multidimensional mental state questionnaire and the Ehrenfeld inventory on coping style) before, directly after and 2 months after the 8-week ABSR program. In addition, all participants were offered a 24-hour Holter ECG measurement before, directly after and 2 months after the 8-week ABSR program to measure HRV.
RESULTS
Calmness and serenity showed a statistically significant improvement after the 8-week ABSR program. However, complete questionnaire sets were not available from all of the participants. In the four individuals who had agreed to a 24-hour Holter ECG, the overall HRV and parasympathetic activity increased.
CONCLUSIONS
The ABSR program is an encouraging novel therapeutic approach: A significant improvement in calmness and serenity was observed after ABSR. A larger and controlled trial of this treatment option in depression and burnout is recommended. It should be further investigated how ABSR affects task-evoked and resting brain activity, and what effects it has on the cardiovascular system in general (better blood flow and normalization of activity are to be expected).
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (IKIM) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Anthroposophically Extended Medicine (AeM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Kloter, Evelyne, Wolf, Ursula |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0065-2598 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
21 Dec 2023 14:38 |
Last Modified: |
22 Dec 2023 06:00 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-031-42003-0_36 |
PubMed ID: |
37845466 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Activity-based stress release Autonomic nervous system Depression |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/187238 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/187238 |
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