Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience: Results from a pilot study

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-103

  Iglesias, Silvia L ^a   Azzara, Sergio ^a   Granchetti, Hugo ^a   Lagomarsino, Eduardo ^a   Vigo, Daniel E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Univ Catolica   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Mind body; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 84895500252     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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