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Table 2 Effects of the BBSI program on the levels of heart rate variability parameters and catecholamines (N = 38)

From: Effects of biofeedback-based sleep improvement program on urinary symptoms and sleep patterns of elderly Korean women with overactive bladder syndrome

Variables

BBSI (n = 20)

 

Control (n = 18)

 

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p*

SDNN (ms)

29.79 ± 29.13

47.47 ± 37.51

.113

25.54 ± 19.48

21.63 ± 11.50

.420

RMSSD (ms)

37.02 ± 35.56

51.93 ± 49.61

.025

28.97 ± 23.93

29.39 ± 22.45

.758

TP (ms2)

2893.95 ± 6692.99

2036.60 ± 4422.05

.550

1303.61 ± 3158.63

2302.22 ± 5030.27

.983

LF (ms2)

1429.35 ± 3794.62

804.85 ± 2132.54

.455

735.39 ± 1657.95

1074.83 ± 2463.03

.433

HF (ms2)

856.20 ± 1579.64

1147.25 ± 2163.45

.709

638.89 ± 1562.95

844.33 ± 1893.83

.647

LF/HF ratio

2.59 ± 2.23

1.03 ± 0.27

.006

2.81 ± 2.13

2.42 ± 1.30

.446

Epi (pg/mL)

42.31 ± 13.58

34.69 ± 12.83

.039

50.56 ± 18.73

59.20 ± 23.59

.076

NE (pg/mL)

472.84 ± 198.28

434.91 ± 180.38

.218

511.77 ± 195.55

457.87 ± 210.90

.129

  1. BBSI Biofeedback-based sleep improvement program, OAB Overactive bladder syndrome; p: difference from pre-test to post-test in BBSI groups p*: difference from pre-test to post-test in control groups, SDNN Standard deviation of normal to normal R-R intervals, RMSSD Root mean square differences of successive R-R intervals, TP Total power, LF Low frequency, HF High frequency, E Epinephrine, NE Norepinephrine
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