Measurement fidelity of heart rate variability signal processing: The devil is in the details

Jarrin, Denise C.; McGrath, Jennifer J.; Giovanniello, Sabrina; Poirier, Paul; Lambert, Marie

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.07.004

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“…We expect that a better understanding of HRV in relation to individual differences in personality and life-style choices will contribute to improved medical diagnosis and treatment. While the average heart rate (HR) is relatively easy to measure over a short time period, its variability can be more challenging to measure reliably (Jarrin et al, 2012). In order to insure high reliability of HRV measurement, 24 hour ambulatory recordings can be made, as was done in the current study, so that the HRV variables are calculated over a long sampling window across the full range of a person's daily activities.…”

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Personality and Heart Rate Variability: Exploring Pathways from Personality to Cardiac Coherence and Health

Zohar¹,

Cloninger²,

McCraty³

2013

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Background: Personality and heart rate variability (HRV) are each strong predictors of well-being, particularly cardiac health and longevity. The current project explores the correlates of personality traits on heart rate variability (HRV) to clarify how autonomic regulation may mediate the development and maintenance of health and disease. Hypothesis: Personality traits will be significantly correlated with specific measures of HRV. In particular, the Character traits of Self-Directedness, Cooperativeness, and Selftranscendence are known to promote physical, mental, and social aspects of well-being, so they were expected to be associated with indices of HRV indicating autonomic balance. Methods: Participants were 271 volunteers from the community, adult men and women. They received an extensive self-report questionnaire, allowing for a comprehensive personality evaluation. Of these participants, 118 underwent ambulatory-24 hours recording of HRV. The HRV recordings were sent to the Institute of HeartMath for interpretation. Data Analysis: Data for personality was retrieved from the Qualtrics site after online administration, into which the HRV data were entered. Analyses were conducted in SPSS 20. Results: Systematic and significant associations between personality traits were found. In particular, the Temperament and Character Inventory's character traits were related to autonomic balance as measured by the ratio of low frequency (sympathetic) to high frequency (parasympathetic) activity. Openness, aggression, avoidant attachment, and forgiveness were found to relate to several HRV variables. Conclusion: The relations among personality and HRV support the validity of the measures in ways that clarify the strong relations among personality, HRV, and health. Further work to replicate and extend these preliminary findings in a larger sample is underway.

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Section: Heart Rate Variabilitymentioning

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Personality and Heart Rate Variability: Exploring Pathways from Personality to Cardiac Coherence and Health

Zohar¹,

Cloninger²,

McCraty³

2013

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“…The ANS is able to provide information regarding the condition of the organism [6]. A non-invasive method for investigation of the ANS that describes the oscillations of the intervals between consecutive heartbeats is the heart rate variability (HRV).…”

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Previous exposure to musical auditory stimulation immediately influences the cardiac autonomic responses to the postural change maneuver in women

Castro¹,

Guida²,

Roque³

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Int Arch Med

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BackgroundChronic exposure to musical auditory stimulation has been reported to improve cardiac autonomic regulation. However, it is not clear if music acutely influences it in response to autonomic tests. We evaluated the acute effects of music on heart rate variability (HRV) responses to the postural change maneuver (PCM) in women.MethodWe evaluated 12 healthy women between 18 and 28 years old and HRV was analyzed in the time (SDNN, RMSSD, NN50 and pNN50) and frequency (LF, HF and LF/HF ratio) domains. In the control protocol, the women remained at seated rest for 10 minutes and quickly stood up within three seconds and remained standing still for 15 minutes. In the music protocol, the women remained at seated rest for 10 minutes, were exposed to music for 10 minutes and quickly stood up within three seconds and remained standing still for 15 minutes. HRV was recorded at the following time: rest, music (music protocol) 0–5, 5–10 and 10–15 min during standing.ResultsIn the control protocol the SDNN, RMSSD and pNN50 indexes were reduced at 10–15 minutes after the volunteers stood up, while the LF (nu) index was increased at the same moment compared to seated rest. In the protocol with music, the indexes were not different from control but the RMSSD, pNN50 and LF (nu) were different from the music period.ConclusionMusical auditory stimulation attenuates the cardiac autonomic responses to the PCM.

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“…Relatively less evidence is available from studies with infants, children, and adolescents. Reliable HRV measurement requires careful consideration of multiple methodological factors (e.g., Jarrin, McGrath, Giovanniello, Poirier, & Lambert, 2012), many of which are detailed in frequently cited HRV measurement guidelines. There is a notable lack of conformity to these guidelines, which increases potential for error upon replication, limits the interpretability of results, and makes it challenging to draw meaningful comparisons about HRV reliability across different studies.…”

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Test-Retest Reliability of Pediatric Heart Rate Variability

Weiner

McGrath

2017

Journal of Psychophysiology

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Heart rate variability (HRV), an established index of autonomic cardiovascular modulation, is associated with health outcomes (e.g., obesity, diabetes) and mortality risk. Time-and frequencydomain HRV measures are commonly reported in longitudinal adult and pediatric studies of health. While test-retest reliability has been established among adults, less is known about the psychometric properties of HRV among infants, children, and adolescents. The objective was to conduct a meta-analysis of the test-retest reliability of time-and frequency-domain HRV measures from infancy to adolescence. Electronic searches (PubMed, PsycINFO; January 1970-December 2014 identified studies with nonclinical samples aged ≤ 18 years; ≥ 2 baseline HRV recordings separated by ≥ 1 day; and sufficient data for effect size computation. Forty-nine studies (N = 5,170) met inclusion criteria. Methodological variables coded included factors relevant to study protocol, sample characteristics, electrocardiogram (ECG) signal acquisition and preprocessing, and HRV analytical decisions. Fisher's Z was derived as the common effect size. Analyses were age-stratified (infant/toddler < 5 years, n = 3,329; child/adolescent 5-18 years, n = 1,841) due to marked methodological differences across the pediatric literature. Meta-analytic results revealed HRV demonstrated moderate reliability; child/adolescent studies (Z = 0.62, r = 0.55) had significantly higher reliability than infant/toddler studies (Z = 0.42, r = 0.40). Relative to other reported measures, HF exhibited the highest reliability among infant/toddler studies (Z = 0.42, r = 0.40), while rMSSD exhibited the highest reliability among child/adolescent studies (Z = 1.00, r = 0.76). Moderator analyses indicated greater reliability with shorter test-retest interval length, reported exclusion criteria based on medical illness/condition, lower proportion of males, prerecording acclimatization period, and longer recording duration; differences were noted across age groups. HRV is reliable among pediatric samples. Reliability is sensitive to pertinent methodological decisions that require careful consideration by the researcher. Limited methodological reporting precluded several a priori moderator analyses. Suggestions for future research, including standards specified by Task Force Guidelines, are discussed. Keywordspediatric; heart rate variability; reliability; respiratory sinus arrythmia; psychometric CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author ManuscriptHeart rate variability (HRV) reflects the variance in time between consecutive sinoatrial depolarizations (i.e., NN-intervals) and is an established index of autonomic cardiovascular modulation. Commonly reported time-and frequency-domain HRV measures, typically derived using continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings and specialized analysis software programs, each provide a unique and nuanced perspective of autonomic functioning (Ernst, 2014;Kleiger, Stein, & Bigger, 2005).Mathematically derived time-domain measures inc...

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Measurement fidelity of heart rate variability signal processing: The devil is in the details

Cited by 32 publications

References 84 publications

Personality and Heart Rate Variability: Exploring Pathways from Personality to Cardiac Coherence and Health

Personality and Heart Rate Variability: Exploring Pathways from Personality to Cardiac Coherence and Health

Previous exposure to musical auditory stimulation immediately influences the cardiac autonomic responses to the postural change maneuver in women

Test-Retest Reliability of Pediatric Heart Rate Variability

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