The Effects of Meditation with a Biofeedback Program on Stress and Depression Levels among People with Mild Depression Diabetes
The Open Public Health Journal March 22, 2021 Ormanee Patarathipakorn, Manyat Ruchiwit, Marlaine Smith
A combination of meditation and skin conductance plus skin temperature biofeedback reduces stress and depression more than meditation alone or routine nursing in people with diabetes and mild depression. A randomized controlled trial with 102 participants divided into three groups of 34 found statistically significant differences among the groups, with the combined intervention producing the greatest reduction in the linear combination of stress and depression measured by the Symptoms of Stress Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. The biofeedback program helps people learn to relax by feeding information back through on-screen visual signals.