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Table 1 Mean ± standard deviation on baseline DASS-21, spiritual health and HRV scores and some characteristics of the cardiovascular patients

From: A pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of Islamic spiritual intervention and of breathing technique with heart rate variability feedback on anxiety, depression and psycho-physiologic coherence in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery

 

Islamic Intervention Group

Breathing Intervention Group

Control Group

Baseline Psycho-physiologic Coherence (HRV)

0.375 ± 0.148

0.448 ± 0.244

0.47 ± 0.273

Baseline anxiety

17 ± 6.14

12.7 ± 7.05

14.8 ± 5.61

Baseline depression

19.4 ± 9.262

17.2 ± 10.923

14.4 ± 7.358

Baseline spiritual health

86.873 ± 7.97

79.481 ± 17.506

89.584 ± 6.101

Age

55.8 ± 7.19

56 ± 9.51

59.55 ± 7.2

Number of weeks elapsed since CABG

9.35 ± 1.42

9.15 ± 1.53

9.05 ± 1.43

Sex(Female)

7 (35%)

5 (25%)

6 (30%)

AMI before CABG (chronic failure)

14 (70%)

13 (65%)

14 (70%)

Number of affected coronary vessels

 Two vessels

8 (40%)

9 (45%)

11 (55%)

 Three vessels

12 (60%)

11 (55%)

8 (40%)

 More than three vessels

0

0

1 (5%)