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Effect of exercise training in heart rate variability, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in kidney recipients: A preliminary study

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35

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32

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2016

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Rodrigo Barroso, Antonio Carlos Silva‐Filho, Carlos José Moraes Dias, Nivaldo de Jesus Silva Soares, Alessandra Priscilla Agustinho Mostarda, Luana Monteiro Anaisse Azoubel, Leandro de Almeida Melo, Alessandra de MC Garcia, Bruno Rodrigues, Cristiano Teixeira Mostarda
Journal of Health Psychology

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and autonomic function of a group of kidney-transplanted recipients who joined a combined exercise program (KTR<sub>t</sub>) or remained sedentary (KTR<sub>s</sub>). A total of 20 kidney-transplanted recipients, split into two groups (10 KTR<sub>t</sub> and 10 KTR<sub>s</sub>), joined the study. Heart rate variability, cardiorespiratory capacity, depression, and sleep questionnaires were evaluated. KTR<sub>t</sub> presented lower Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and greater entropy, and increased parasympathetic and decreased sympathetic modulation than KTR<sub>s</sub>. Anxiety level was minimal and depression was absent in both groups. KTR<sub>t</sub> group presented better sleep quality and better autonomic modulation than KTR<sub>s</sub>.

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