Investigating Mindfulness and Clinical hypnosis for Pain-Related Conditions Using Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Vagal Heart Rate Modulation: Report of Three Randomized Trials

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dc.contributor.advisorKatz, Joel D.
dc.contributor.authorAzam, Muhammad Abid
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T15:17:34Z
dc.date.available2021-11-15T15:17:34Z
dc.date.copyright2021-04
dc.date.issued2021-11-15
dc.date.updated2021-11-15T15:17:33Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractChronic and post-surgical pain conditions are highly prevalent and often treated sub-optimally. Clinical pain is understood to originate from inflammatory and neurological dysfunction, and research literature has amassed to shed light on stress-related sympathetic nervous system hyper-activity as a critical component of the etiology and maintenance of pain. Conversely, the role of the parasympathetic vagus nerve has been less studied, and appears to hold promise as a therapeutic pathway that can be leveraged through administration of behavioral medicine treatments. The present dissertation employed heart rate variability as a measure of vagal heart rate modulation in three randomized, controlled trials to investigate responses to mindfulness meditation and clinical hypnosis, in individuals with chronic and post-surgical pain. The overall pattern of results indicate that both mindfulness and hypnosis-based treatments have beneficial effects on vagal heart rate modulation in individuals with chronic and post-surgical pain, respectively. Future research is needed to determine the extent to which these effects may translate to clinical pain outcomes.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38653
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHealth care management
dc.subject.keywordsChronic pain
dc.subject.keywordsPain management
dc.subject.keywordsMindfulness meditation
dc.subject.keywordsClinical hypnosis
dc.subject.keywordsAnxiety
dc.subject.keywordsDepression
dc.subject.keywordsHeart rate variability
dc.subject.keywordsVagus nerve
dc.subject.keywordsParasympathetic nervous system
dc.subject.keywordsSympathetic nervous system
dc.subject.keywordsPsychophysiology
dc.subject.keywordsSmartphone application
dc.subject.keywordsDigital health
dc.subject.keywordseHealth
dc.subject.keywordsPost-surgical pain
dc.subject.keywordsStress management
dc.subject.keywordsAutonomic nervous system
dc.subject.keywordsBiomarker
dc.subject.keywordsBiofeedback
dc.subject.keywordsPain disorder
dc.subject.keywordsBehavioral medicine
dc.subject.keywordsAlternative medicine
dc.subject.keywordsComplimentary medicine
dc.subject.keywordsBiopsychosocial
dc.subject.keywordsHealth psychology
dc.subject.keywordsClinical psychology
dc.titleInvestigating Mindfulness and Clinical hypnosis for Pain-Related Conditions Using Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Vagal Heart Rate Modulation: Report of Three Randomized Trials
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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