Cardiac Coherence Training to Reduce Anxiety in Remitted Schizophrenia, a Pilot Study.
Health care that addresses the emotional regulation capacity of patients with schizophrenia confronted with daily stress may contribute to a less anxious life. A psycho-physiological training [cardiac coherence training (CCT)] focusing on emotion regulation is known to decrease anxiety for healthy individuals. We performed a pilot cross sectional survey to explore the benefits of CCT for clinically stable patients with schizophrenia. Ten patients were enrolled in the program consisting of twelve weekly 1-h session programs monitored over a 2-month period. Standardised questionnaires were used before and after the intervention to assess anxiety, well-being outcomes, and how patients deal with stress and stressors. Results showed that this quite-well accepted intervention improved (or tended to improve) well-being outcomes, state-anxiety, and emotional stressors evaluation. The successful transformations were higher for patients with the highest clinical and emotional suffering. Thus, this pilot study revealed that CCT may help patients with schizophrenia to deal with anxiety in daily life.
Département des Facteurs Humains, Institut de Recherches Biomédicales des Armées, 24, Avenue des maquis du Grésivaudan, BP 87, 38702, La Tronche Cedex, France. marion.trousselard@gmail.com.
M
M
Trousselard
Département des Facteurs Humains, Institut de Recherches Biomédicales des Armées, 24, Avenue des maquis du Grésivaudan, BP 87, 38702, La Tronche Cedex, France.
F
F
Canini
Département des Facteurs Humains, Institut de Recherches Biomédicales des Armées, 24, Avenue des maquis du Grésivaudan, BP 87, 38702, La Tronche Cedex, France.
D
D
Claverie
Institut Francophone de FORmation et de Recherche en THErapie Comportementales et Cognitives, 10 avenue Gantin, 74150, Rumilly, France.
C
C
Cungi
Fondation Formation universitaire à distance, Suisse, FS-CH, Überlandstrasse 12, 3900, Brigue, Switzerland.
B
B
Putois
Service Universitaire de réhabilitation, Université de Lyon (Université Lyon 1), Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, 98 rue Henri Boileau, 69006, Lyon, France.
N
N
Franck
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D065812:Interoception / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Anxiety; Emotional regulation; No drug therapy; Schizophrenia; Well-being