Heart rate variability in major depressive disorder and after antidepressant treatment with agomelatine and paroxetine: Findings from the Taiwan Study of Depression and Anxiety (TAISDA)

Yeh, Ta‐Chuan; Kao, Lien Cheng; Tzeng, Nian Sheng; Kuo, Terry B.J.; Huang, San Yuan; Chang, Chuan Chia; Chang, Hsin‐An

doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.07.007

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“…First, emotional stress responses such as anxiety (Chalmers et al 2014; Thayer et al 1996), depression (Beevers et al 2011; Yeh et al 2016), and rumination (Brosschot et al 2007; Woody et al 2014) are consistently shown to associate with lower vmHRV. Self-compassion correlates strongly with lower levels of such stress responses (e.g., Krieger et al 2013; MacBeth and Gumley 2012) and therefore self-compassion is likely to associate with higher vmHRV.…”

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Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability

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Converging evidence shows a positive effect of self-compassion on self-reported well-being and mental health. However, few studies have examined the relation between self-compassion and psychophysiological measures. In the present study, we therefore examined the relation between trait self-compassion and vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) in 53 students (39 female, mean age = 23.63). Trait self-compassion was assessed using the Self-Compassion Scale, and resting vmHRV was measured during a 5-min ECG baseline period. We hypothesized that higher levels of trait self-compassion would predict higher levels of resting vmHRV. Controlling for potential covariates (including age, gender, and BMI), the results confirmed our hypotheses, showing that higher levels of trait self-compassion predicted higher vmHRV. These results were validated with a 24-h measure of vmHRV, acquired from a subsample of the participants (n = 26, 16 female, mean age = 23.85), confirming the positive correlation between high trait self-compassion and higher vmHRV. The relation between trait self-compassion, vmHRV, self-reported trait anxiety (the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; STAI) and self-reported rumination (the Rumination subscale of the Rumination-Reflection Questionnaire; RRQ-Rum) was also investigated. Higher levels of trait anxiety and rumination were highly correlated with low levels of trait self-compassion. Trait anxiety, but not rumination, correlated marginally significantly with the level of vmHRV. The findings of the present study indicate that trait self-compassion predicts a better ability to physiologically and psychologically adapt emotional responses. Possible implications and limitations of the study are discussed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12671-016-0549-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability

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“…This hypothesis is supported by studies utilising measures of vagally‐mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), thought to be a marker of the capacity for adaptive ER (e.g., Beevers, Ellis, & Reid, ; Porges, ). While high vmHRV is closely linked to the tendency to experience positive affect (Kok et al, ), low vmHRV is associated with anxiety disorders (Chalmers, Quintana, Abbott, & Kemp, ), depression vulnerability (Beevers et al, ; Yeh et al, ), and rumination and worry (Williams et al, ). Among healthy adults, Svendsen et al () found that after controlling for trait anxiety and rumination, trait self‐compassion was significantly linked to higher vmHRV.…”

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The relevance of self‐compassion as an intervention target in mood and anxiety disorders: A narrative review based on an emotion regulation framework

Finlay‐Jones

2017

Clinical Psychologist

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“…47 On the other hand Yeh et al have detected, that the depression itself reduced the HRV and not the medication. They compared 618 patients with a major depression with 506 healthy peoples 48.…”

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Factors influencing heart rate variability

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Böckelmann²

2016

ICFJ

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The measurement and analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), which is based on the variation between consecutive NN intervals, has become an established procedure over the past two decades. A decrease in HRV has been shown to correlate with an increase in mortality. HRV is influenced by a number of physiological factors such as various diseases. Awareness of these mediators or confounders is of great importance in the analysis and assessment of HRV both in scientific studies and in clinical practice. This document, which is based on a selective survey of references and supplemented by information from national and international guidelines, presents the main endogenous, exogenous and constitutional factors. A decrease in HRV has been observed not only in connection with non-influenceable physiological factors such as age, gender and ethnic origin, but also in conjunction with a large number of acute and chronic diseases. Numerous lifestyle factors have both a positive and a negative influence on HRV. There are also physical influences that affect HRV. They must on no account be disregarded. Although the list of the factors is long and not all of them have yet been fully studied, awareness of them is of crucial importance in the measurement of HRV (both under laboratory conditions and during medical practice), its analysis and its assessment. More research also needs to be carried out to close knowledge gaps.

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Heart rate variability in major depressive disorder and after antidepressant treatment with agomelatine and paroxetine: Findings from the Taiwan Study of Depression and Anxiety (TAISDA)

Cited by 59 publications

References 65 publications

Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability

Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability

The relevance of self‐compassion as an intervention target in mood and anxiety disorders: A narrative review based on an emotion regulation framework

Factors influencing heart rate variability

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