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Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study

BACKGROUND: The day-to-day causes of stress are called daily hassles. Daily hassles are correlated with ill health. Biofeedback (BF) is one of the tools used for acquiring stress-coping skills. However, the anatomical correlates of the effects of BF with long training periods remain unclear. In this...

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Autores principales: Kotozaki, Yuka, Takeuchi, Hikaru, Sekiguchi, Atsushi, Yamamoto, Yuki, Shinada, Takamitsu, Araki, Tsuyoshi, Takahashi, Kei, Taki, Yasuyuki, Ogino, Takeshi, Kiguchi, Masashi, Kawashima, Ryuta
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Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.241
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author Kotozaki, Yuka
Takeuchi, Hikaru
Sekiguchi, Atsushi
Yamamoto, Yuki
Shinada, Takamitsu
Araki, Tsuyoshi
Takahashi, Kei
Taki, Yasuyuki
Ogino, Takeshi
Kiguchi, Masashi
Kawashima, Ryuta
author_facet Kotozaki, Yuka
Takeuchi, Hikaru
Sekiguchi, Atsushi
Yamamoto, Yuki
Shinada, Takamitsu
Araki, Tsuyoshi
Takahashi, Kei
Taki, Yasuyuki
Ogino, Takeshi
Kiguchi, Masashi
Kawashima, Ryuta
author_sort Kotozaki, Yuka
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: The day-to-day causes of stress are called daily hassles. Daily hassles are correlated with ill health. Biofeedback (BF) is one of the tools used for acquiring stress-coping skills. However, the anatomical correlates of the effects of BF with long training periods remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate this. METHODS: Participants were assigned randomly to two groups: the intervention group and the control group. Participants in the intervention group performed a biofeedback training (BFT) task (a combination task for heart rate and cerebral blood flow control) every day, for about 5 min once a day. The study outcomes included MRI, psychological tests (e.g., Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Brief Job Stress Questionnaire), and a stress marker (salivary cortisol levels) before (day 0) and after (day 28) the intervention. RESULTS: We observed significant improvements in the psychological test scores and salivary cortisol levels in the intervention group compared to the control group. Furthermore, voxel-based morphometric analysis revealed that compared to the control group, the intervention group had significantly increased regional gray matter (GM) volume in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex, which is an anatomical cluster that includes mainly the left hippocampus, and the left subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. The GM regions are associated with the stress response, and, in general, these regions seem to be the most sensitive to the detrimental effects of stress. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that our BFT is effective against the GM structures vulnerable to stress.
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spelling pubmed-41280382014-08-26 Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study Kotozaki, Yuka Takeuchi, Hikaru Sekiguchi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yuki Shinada, Takamitsu Araki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kei Taki, Yasuyuki Ogino, Takeshi Kiguchi, Masashi Kawashima, Ryuta Brain Behav Original Research BACKGROUND: The day-to-day causes of stress are called daily hassles. Daily hassles are correlated with ill health. Biofeedback (BF) is one of the tools used for acquiring stress-coping skills. However, the anatomical correlates of the effects of BF with long training periods remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate this. METHODS: Participants were assigned randomly to two groups: the intervention group and the control group. Participants in the intervention group performed a biofeedback training (BFT) task (a combination task for heart rate and cerebral blood flow control) every day, for about 5 min once a day. The study outcomes included MRI, psychological tests (e.g., Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Brief Job Stress Questionnaire), and a stress marker (salivary cortisol levels) before (day 0) and after (day 28) the intervention. RESULTS: We observed significant improvements in the psychological test scores and salivary cortisol levels in the intervention group compared to the control group. Furthermore, voxel-based morphometric analysis revealed that compared to the control group, the intervention group had significantly increased regional gray matter (GM) volume in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex, which is an anatomical cluster that includes mainly the left hippocampus, and the left subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. The GM regions are associated with the stress response, and, in general, these regions seem to be the most sensitive to the detrimental effects of stress. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that our BFT is effective against the GM structures vulnerable to stress. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-07 2014-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4128038/ /pubmed/25161823 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.241 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kotozaki, Yuka
Takeuchi, Hikaru
Sekiguchi, Atsushi
Yamamoto, Yuki
Shinada, Takamitsu
Araki, Tsuyoshi
Takahashi, Kei
Taki, Yasuyuki
Ogino, Takeshi
Kiguchi, Masashi
Kawashima, Ryuta
Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title_full Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title_fullStr Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title_full_unstemmed Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title_short Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
title_sort biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.241
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