A systematic review of the psychobiological burden of informal caregiving for patients with dementia: Focus on cognitive and biological markers of chronic stress

AP Allen, EA Curran, Á Duggan, JF Cryan… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
As the physiological impact of chronic stress is difficult to study in humans, naturalistic
stressors are invaluable sources of information in this area. This review systematically …

Biofeedback for everyday stress management: A systematic review

B Yu, M Funk, J Hu, Q Wang, L Feijs - Frontiers in ICT, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Mainly due to an increase in stress-related health problems and driven by
recent technological advances in biosensors, microelectronics, computing platform, and …

New frontiers in heart rate variability and social coherence research: techniques, technologies, and implications for improving group dynamics and outcomes

R McCraty - Frontiers in public health, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Concepts embraced by the term coherence have been identified as central to fields such as
quantum physics, physiology, and social science. There are different types of coherence …

Following the rhythm of the heart: Heartmath institute's path to HRV biofeedback

R McCraty - Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 2022 - Springer
This paper outlines the early history and contributions our laboratory, along with our close
advisors and collaborators, has made to the field of heart rate variability and heart rate …

Mitigation of stress: new treatment alternatives

AR Subhani, N Kamel, MN Mohamad Saad… - Cognitive …, 2018 - Springer
Complaints of stress are common in modern life. Psychological stress is a major cause of
lifestyle-related issues, contributing to poor quality of life. Chronic stress impedes brain …

Developing a unifying model of resilience in dementia caregiving: a scoping review and content analysis

Y Zhou, E Ishado, A O'Hara… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Resilience, a capacity for addressing, recovering, and growing from challenging situations,
can mitigate dementia care partners' burden. Three main theoretical models predominate …

A randomized control trial of stress management for caregivers of stem cell transplant patients: effect on patient quality of life and caregiver distress

ML Laudenslager, TL Simoneau… - Psycho …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Psychological interventions reduce caregiver distress (CG‐distress). Less
distress in caregivers may contribute to improved patient quality of life (QoL), but empirical …

[HTML][HTML] Effects on staff outcomes and process evaluation of the educating nursing staff effectively (TENSE) program for managing challenging behavior in nursing …

A Bielderman, A Nieuwenhuis, TJGM Hazelhof… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Challenging behavior is prevalent in people with dementia residing in nursing
homes and places a high burden on the nursing staff of dementia special care units. This …

Heart-focused breathing and perceptions of burden in Alzheimer's caregivers: an online randomized controlled pilot study

TA James, D James, LK Larkey - Geriatric Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often experience high stress
and reduced wellbeing and quality of life. HeartMath's Heart Lock-In® technique has been …

Physiological coherence in healthy volunteers during laboratory‐induced stress and controlled breathing

E Mejía‐Mejía, R Torres, D Restrepo - Psychophysiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Physiological coherence has been related with a general sense of well‐being and
improvements in health and physical, social, and cognitive performance. The aim of this …