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Development and Pilot Investigation of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Cognitive-Behavioral Smoking Cessation, Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB), and 1 other intervention for Tobacco Smoking. Completed, enrolled 10 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Open trial of heart rate variability biofeedback as an adjunct to individualized smoking cessation counseling (SCT) plus transdermal nicotine replacement patch (NRT) in smokers with elevated emotional distress.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants were provided with six individualized smoking cessation counseling sessions designed to help them prepare to quit, set a quit date, behaviorally manage early abstinence, and to resume cessation upon lapse.
All participants were provided with individualized training in resonance breathing using biofeedback to help improve self-regulation.
All participants were offered up to eight weeks of transdermal nicotine patch, beginning on their quit date.