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. 2020 Oct 30:11:572191.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572191. eCollection 2020.

Use of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback to Reduce the Psychological Burden of Frontline Healthcare Professionals Against COVID-19

Juan-Pablo Aristizabal  1 , Raphael Navegantes  2 , Eline Melo  3 , Antonio Pereira Jr  2   3
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Use of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback to Reduce the Psychological Burden of Frontline Healthcare Professionals Against COVID-19

Juan-Pablo Aristizabal et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; biofeeback; healthcare personnel; heart-rate variability (HRV); mental health.

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(A) Work-related chronic stress of professional healthcare workers due to COVID-19. (B) Hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activation due to chronic stress conditions caused by COVID-19. Time-domain tools used to assess HVR (C) RMSSD (root mean square of successive differences) and (D) Poincaré plots, a geometrical and nonlinear tool to assess the dynamics of HRV. Both evaluate R-R interval variability. CRH, corticotropin-releasing hormone; ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; SNS, sympathetic nervous system.
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