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Table 3 Bivariate linear regression analyses

From: Effect of short-term heart rate variability biofeedback on long-term abstinence in alcohol dependent patients – a one-year follow-up

 

HRV-biofeedback

(n=15)

Control

(n=12)

Unstandardized

B coefficient

p- value

Unstandardized

B coefficient

p-value

Demographic factors

 Age

0.07

0.35

<0.01

0.89

 Gender

1.79

0.16

0.00

1.00

 Smoking

0.67

0.32

0.20

0.78

Psychometric characteristics

 Craving at baseline

0.02

0.59

-0.01

0.93

 Craving post-intervention

0.01

0.79

0.04

0.71

 Anxiety at baseline

-0.10

0.93

0.16

0.29

 Anxiety post-intervention

-0.03

0.73

0.06

0.79

 Depression at baseline

-0.03

0.66

0.03

0.70

 Depression post-intervention

-0.08

0.33

>0.01

0.95

Heart rate variability

 CVNN at baseline

-0.65

0.17

-1.07

0.16

 CVNN post-intervention

-0.54

0.26

-0,79

0.21

 HF at baseline

<-0.01

0.26

<-0.01

0.41

 HF post-intervention

<-0.01

0.26

<-0.01

0.30

 LF at baseline

<-0.01

0.23

<-0.01

0.22

 LF post-intervention

0.00

0.79

<-0.01

0.48

 TP at baseline

0

0.46

<0.01

0.75

 TP post-intervention

<0.01

0.79

<-0.01

0.32

  1. Regression analyses in patients who completed follow-up did not reveal any predictors of abstinence among demographic, psychometric or HRV parameters both in patients who have been treated with HRV-biofeedback and controls. “Craving” refers to the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale score. “Anxiety” and “Depression” refer to scores of subscales Anxiety and Depression from the Symptom Checklist-90
  2. CVNN coefficient of variation of R-R intervals, HF high frequency, LF low frequency, TP total power