Heart rate variability in mental disorders: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT: Heart rate variability (HRV) monitoring is increasingly applied in the realm of mental disorders; however, it remains a subject of controversy. This umbrella review summarizes HRV differences between individuals with mental disorders and healthy controls (HCs), as well as changes in HRV before and after treatment in patients with mental disorders. A literature search was conducted using Medline, PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Database. Meta-analyses on HRV changes in patients with mental disorders, as well as meta-analyses comparing HCs and patients with mental disorders were included. We computed the summary effect size using random effects models, along with 95% confidence and prediction intervals. We assessed heterogeneity, p value of the largest study, excess significance bias, and s

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11953273 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature