Changes in heart rate variability during an eHealth behavior change intervention program in patients with cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is associated with health behaviors such as physical inactivity, dietary habits, and smoking. The autonomic nervous system plays a key role in this association. The present longitudinal study examines whether ECG-based indices of autonomic nervous system activity change during an eHealth-based behavior intervention program and assesses whether improvements in health behaviors are associated with increases in parasympathetic autonomic nervous system activity.

Methods

Data from the DoCHANGE-2 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03178305) eHealth-based behavior intervention study in patients with CVD were analyzed for participants with valid ECG recordings (N = 58, mean age = 58.9 [SD = 12.7] years, 21 % women). Heart rate variabili

SUBMITTER: Roovers T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625173 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature