ReviewJapan journal of nursing science : JJNS2025
Depressive symptoms and heart rate variability in perinatal women: A narrative review.
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- Comparative effectiveness and certainty of exercise-based interventions for postpartum depressive symptoms: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Depressive symptoms and heart rate variability in perinatal women: A narrative review.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2025Review
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Abstract
aimThis study aims to review research on heart rate variability and psychiatric symptoms in perinatal women and explains how heart rate variability can be useful in preventing depressive symptoms in perinatal women.
methodsData were collected from PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. The literature search encompassed articles published until July 2024, with the inclusion criteria targeting studies on women within 1 year postpartum, starting from the gestation period. Further, articles exploring this population that discussed the relationship between anxiety, depression, stress, and heart rate variability were selected. The exclusion criterion was studies that confirmed a correlation between stressors and heart rate variability.
resultsWe identified 36 relevant articles. The results demonstrated that, since 2022, research has been conducted using smartwatches, smartphones, and so on. The effectiveness of using heart rate variability has been confirmed, particularly in studies linking it to depression. However, some studies lacked controls during measurements. Intervention studies demonstrated the effectiveness of heart rate variability biofeedback.
conclusionsThis is the first review to investigate the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and heart rate variability in perinatal women. Understanding and using the characteristics of heart rate variability may lead to the detection of psychiatric symptoms in perinatal women and to self-care among women.
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