Effect of short-term heart rate variability biofeedback on long-term abstinence in alcohol dependent patients - a one-year follow-up

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Penzlin, Ana Isabel ^a   Barlinn, Kristian ^b   Illigens, Ben Min Woo ^c   Weidner, Kerstin ^b   Siepmann, Martin ^b   Siepmann, Timo ^b  

^a Heidehof Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol addiction; Autonomic; Biofeedback; Craving; Heart rate variability; HRV; Rehabilitation; Relapse; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL REHABILITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOFEEDBACK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRAVING; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CRAVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85028842939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1480-2     Document Type: Article

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