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      <dc:title>Effects of Meditation on Mental Health and Cardiovascular Balance in Caregivers</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Díaz Rodríguez, Consuelo Lourdes</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Vargas Román, Keyla</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Sánchez García, Juan Carlos</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Rodríguez Blanque, Raquel</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Cañadas De La Fuente, Guillermo Arturo</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Fuente Solana, Emilia I. De La</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Meditation</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Vagal nerve activity</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>High-burden caregivers</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Mental health</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Background: Caring for a loved one can be rewarding but is also associated with substantial&#xd;
caregiver burden, developing mental outcomes and affecting happiness. The aim of this study&#xd;
was to determine the effects of a four-week, 16-h presential meditation program on physiological&#xd;
and psychological parameters and vagal nerve activity in high-burden caregivers, as compared&#xd;
to a control group. Methods: A non-randomized repeated-measures controlled clinical trial was&#xd;
conducted. Results: According to the ANCOVA results, the global happiness score (F = 297.42,&#xd;
p &lt; 0.001) and the scores for all subscales were significantly higher in the experimental group than in&#xd;
the control group at 5 weeks. Anxiety levels were also significantly reduced in the experimental group&#xd;
(F = 24.92, p &lt; 0.001), systolic (F = 16.23, p &lt; 0.001) and diastolic blood (F = 34.39, p &lt; 0.001) pressures,&#xd;
and the resting heart rate (F = 17.90, p &lt; 0.05). HRV results revealed significant between-group&#xd;
differences in the HRV Index (F = 8.40, p &lt; 0.05), SDNN (F = 13.59, p &lt; 0.05), and RMSSD (F = 10.72,&#xd;
p &lt; 0.05) in the time domain, and HF (F = 4.82 p &lt; 0.05)) in the frequency domain, which were all&#xd;
improved in the experimental group after the meditation program. Conclusions: Meditation can be&#xd;
a useful therapy to enhance the mental health and autonomic nervous system balance of informal&#xd;
caregivers, improving symptoms of physical and mental overload.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2021-03-02T12:33:45Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2021-03-02T12:33:45Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2021-01-13</dc:date>
      <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Díaz-Rodríguez, L.; Vargas-Román, K.; Sanchez-Garcia, J.C.; Rodríguez-Blanque, R.; Cañadas-De la Fuente, G.A.; De La Fuente-Solana, E.I. Effects of Meditation on Mental Health and Cardiovascular Balance in Caregivers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 617.[https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020617]</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66787</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/ijerph18020617</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 3.0 España</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>Mdpi</dc:publisher>
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