Mindfulness augmentation for anxiety through concurrent use of transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized double-blind study.

ABSTRACT: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have revealed the capability to augment various types of behavioural interventions. We aimed to augment the effects of mindfulness, suggested for reducing anxiety, with concurrent use of tDCS. We conducted a double-blind randomized study with 58 healthy individuals. We introduced treadmill walking for focused meditation and active or sham tDCS on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for 20 min. We evaluated outcomes using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Anxiety (STAI) before the intervention as well as immediately, 60 min, and 1 week after the intervention, and current density from electroencephalograms (EEG) before and after the intervention. The linear mixed-effect models demonstrated that STAI-state anxiety showed a significant inter

SUBMITTER: Nishida K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8610980 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature