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ArticleAmerican journal of lifestyle medicine2023

Home-Use and Portable Biofeedback Lowers Anxiety and Pain in Chronic Pain Subjects.

Franklin S Ly, Tyler Santander, Stephany Pavlov, Jiayang Zhao, Minghao Zhang, Dahyana Arroyo, Sergey Sokolovskiy, Anirudh Iyer, Yanis Yankauskas, John Chen and 4 more

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Franklin S LyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5531-5072
Tyler SantanderDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Stephany PavlovDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Jiayang ZhaoDepartment of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Minghao ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Dahyana ArroyoDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Sergey SokolovskiyDepartment of Physics,University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Anirudh IyerDepartment of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Yanis YankauskasDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
John ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Michael B MillerDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Linda PetzoldDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Henry T YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Paul K HansmaDepartment of Physics,University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the use of novel, home-use and portable biofeedback devices in a remote program for managing chronic pain. In three separate 4-week pilot studies, participants engaged in twice-daily, 10-minute biofeedback sessions, with self-assessed reductions in anxiety and pain levels using the 6-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), respectively, in Studies 2 and 3. Among these 113 (Study 2) and 237 (Study 3) biofeedback sessions, 81 (∼72%) and 130 (∼55%) showed reductions in pain, while 93 (∼82%) and 184 (∼78%) experienced reductions in anxiety. A positive relationship was found between anxiety and pain reduction, indicating that larger reductions in anxiety correspond to larger reductions in pain. In Study 1, only anxiety reductions were measured: across 143 biofeedback sessions, 127 experienced reductions in anxiety (∼89%). Participants in all studies demonstrated reductions in baseline to final results in pain, anxiety, and showed increases in satisfaction and recovery. Our results provide strong evidence that portable biofeedback devices can enhance pain management programs by helping to alleviate anxiety and pain in individuals living with chronic conditions. This study can provide a basis for the integration of biofeedback devices into the expanding research of lifestyle and integrative medicine.

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anxietybiofeedbackchronic painportable

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PMID39554946
PMCPMC11562280

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