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

Abstract: Palliative care practitioners suffer a considerable burden of stress. Although it is not possible to eliminate stress entirely, people can learn to manage it. Mind/Body intervention help individuals turn maladaptive responses to stress into more adaptive ones. The aim of the study was t...

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Autores principales: Iglesias, Silvia L., Azzara, Sergio, Granchetti, Hugo, Lagomarsino, Eduardo, Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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ESTRES
ANSIEDAD
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
CUIDADORES
HIDROCORTISONA
ACTIVIDAD AUTONOMA
PROMOCION DE LA SALUD
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/10350
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topic ESTRES
ANSIEDAD
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
CUIDADORES
HIDROCORTISONA
ACTIVIDAD AUTONOMA
PROMOCION DE LA SALUD
spellingShingle ESTRES
ANSIEDAD
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
CUIDADORES
HIDROCORTISONA
ACTIVIDAD AUTONOMA
PROMOCION DE LA SALUD
Iglesias, Silvia L.
Azzara, Sergio
Granchetti, Hugo
Lagomarsino, Eduardo
Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
topic_facet ESTRES
ANSIEDAD
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
CUIDADORES
HIDROCORTISONA
ACTIVIDAD AUTONOMA
PROMOCION DE LA SALUD
description Abstract: Palliative care practitioners suffer a considerable burden of stress. Although it is not possible to eliminate stress entirely, people can learn to manage it. Mind/Body intervention help individuals turn maladaptive responses to stress into more adaptive ones. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of mind body techniques in a group of Palliative Care professionals. Methods: We investigated anxiety, anger, baseline salivary cortisol levels immediately after awakening and autonomic nervous system activity in a group of health care professionals from a Palliative Care Unit (n = 22). In addition, we assessed the autonomic response to relax instructions. The participants were divided into two groups according to their regular practice of mind-body techniques.Results: No significant differences between groups were found for anxiety and anger. Baseline salivary cortisol levels were significantly greater in the untrained group (5.23 ± 5.16 μg/dl) when compared with the trained one (0.57 ± 0.19 μg/dl) (Mann-Whitney U Test = 0; p < 0.001). When comparing heart rate variability (HRV) values during relaxation with HRV values at rest within each group, trained subjects showed a significant increase in LF% (z = -2.073, p = 0.038), while untrained subjects showed a significant increase in HF% (z = -2.100, p = 0.036). Conclusions: Subjects who regularly practice mind-body techniques evidenced lower baseline morning cortisol levels and achieved a differential autonomic response to relax instructions.
format Artículo
author Iglesias, Silvia L.
Azzara, Sergio
Granchetti, Hugo
Lagomarsino, Eduardo
Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
author_facet Iglesias, Silvia L.
Azzara, Sergio
Granchetti, Hugo
Lagomarsino, Eduardo
Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
author_sort Iglesias, Silvia L.
title Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
title_short Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
title_full Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
title_fullStr Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
title_sort anxiety, anger, salivary cortisol and cardiac autonomic activity in palliative care professionals with and without mind-body training experience : results from a pilot study
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2020
url https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/10350
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