Center of Economic Excellence Technology Applications Center for Healthful Lifestyles (TACHL), Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29245, USA.
J Altern Complement Med. 2013 Jan;19(1):17-9. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0772. Epub 2012 Sep 11.
This brief report demonstrates the proof of concept of the Tension Tamer (TT) smartphone application, which integrates photoplethysmograph capabilities with breathing awareness meditation (BAM), to reduce stress and measure heart rate and adherence.
Methods for objectively measuring heart rate and adherence to BAM were developed as part of a future randomized controlled trial.
SETTING/LOCATION: The study was conducted at Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science and the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
The subjects were three prehypertensive male teachers.
The method used was smartphone delivered BAM.
Objective measures included heart rate, adherence, and ambulatory blood pressure (BP).
Adherence data was successfully collected by the TT application. Increased adherence to TT coincided with increased improvements in ambulatory BP over a 3-month period.
TT shows promise as a simple inexpensive program for administering BAM and capturing adherence data in future clinical trials.
本简要报告展示了张力缓和器（TT）智能手机应用程序的概念验证，该应用程序将光体积描记法功能与呼吸意识冥想（BAM）集成在一起，以减轻压力并测量心率和依从性。
作为未来随机对照试验的一部分，制定了客观测量心率和 BAM 依从性的方法。
该研究在查尔斯顿的 Jerry Zucker 中学和南卡罗来纳医科大学进行。
三名患有前期高血压的男性教师。
使用的方法是智能手机提供的 BAM。
TT 应用程序成功地收集了依从性数据。在 3 个月的时间里，TT 的依从性增加，同时动态血压也得到了改善。
TT 有望成为一种简单、廉价的 BAM 管理程序，并在未来的临床试验中捕获依从性数据。
