Effect of mindfulness meditation on perceived stress scores and autonomic function tests of pregnant Indian women

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages CC05-CC08

  Muthukrishnan, Shobitha ^a   Jain, Reena ^a   Kohli, Sangeeta ^a   Batra, Swaraj ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Maternal stress; Mind body intervention; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

EID: 84963831366     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16463.7679     Document Type: Article

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