Abstract Body awareness and reactivity dysfunction are characteristic of a range psychiatric disorders. Although the neural pathways communicating between body brain that contribute to these experiences involve autonomic nervous system, few research tools for studying subjective bodily have been informed by circuits. This paper describes factor structure, reliability, convergent validity Awareness Autonomic Reactivity subscales Perception Questionnaire‐Short Form (BPQ‐SF). Exploratory...

Abstract Preterm infants have maturational delays in several neurobehavioral systems. This study assesses the impact of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on maturation autonomic regulation preterm infants. born at 26–34 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) were assigned to groups receiving either standard (SC) or SC plus FNI, using a randomized controlled trial design. At two collection time points, approximately 35 and 41 PMA, electrocardiograms (ECG) monitored...

Chronic diffuse pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, and functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), irritable bowel syndrome, place substantial burden on those affected the medical system. Despite their sizable impact, pathophysiology is poorly understood. In contrast to an approach that focuses correlation between heart rate variability (HRV) a specific organ or symptom, we propose bio-evolutionary threat-related autonomic response-as outlined in Polyvagal Theory-may serve plausible...

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Background Maturation of multiple neurobehavioral systems, including autonomic regulation, is altered by preterm birth. The purpose this study was to determine the long-term effects Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) in NICU on regulation infants and their mothers. Method A subset mothers (48% infants, 51% mothers) randomly assigned either standard are (SC), or SC plus FNI a prior RCT (ClincalTrials.gov; NCT01439269) returned for follow-up assessments when children were 4 5 years corrected...

INTRODUCTION: To determine whether pretreatment vagal efficiency (VE), respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and heart period can predict pain improvement with auricular neurostimulation in pediatric functional abdominal disorders. METHODS: A total of 92 adolescents disorders underwent a 4-week randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial. Electrocardiogram-derived variables at baseline were used to using mixed effects modeling. RESULTS: 3-way interaction (95% confidence intervals: 0.004–0.494)...

INTRODUCTION: The pathophysiology underlying cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) remains undefined. Scant data and distinct clinical features point to altered autonomic nervous system function. Autonomic signaling can be noninvasively assessed through cardiac indices of parasympathetic vagal regulation, which is reduced in children with disorders gut-brain interaction. We aimed examine dynamic regulation CVS compared that healthy controls (HC). METHODS: A total 31 evaluated a tertiary care center...

<bold>Background:</bold> The spread of the COVID-19 virus presents an unprecedented event that rapidly introduced widespread life threat, economic destabilization, and social isolation. human nervous system is tuned to detect safety danger, integrating body brain responses via autonomic system. Shifts in brain-body states toward danger can compromise mental health. For those who have experienced prior potentially traumatic events, threat response may be sensitive new dangers these mediate...

Body awareness disorders and reactivity are mentioned across a range of clinical problems. Constitutional differences in the control bodily state thought to generate vulnerability psychological symptoms. Autonomic nervous system dysfunctions have been associated with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress. Though interoception may be transdiagnostic mechanism promoting improvement symptomatology, few psychometrically sound, symptom-independent, self-report measures, informed by...

ABSTRACT Objectives Percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation (PENFS) is an effective treatment for disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI), proposed to influence vagal pathways. Cardiac metrics such as respiratory sinus arrythmia (RSA) and efficiency (VE) can noninvasively assess parasympathetic output. Commonly used antidepressant drugs inhibit signaling may interfere with PENFS. This study examined immediate effects active compared sham PENFS on cardiac function in adolescents...

&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Objective:&lt;/b&gt; To test the association of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation symptoms and diabetes distress (DD) in adults with type 1 (T1D; Study 1) 2 (T2D: 2)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Research Design Methods&lt;/b&gt;: 556 T1D 299 T2D completed Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) to assess ANS reactivity symptoms, (DDS-T1, DDS-17), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-8) demographic variables via internet surveys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...

&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Objective:&lt;/b&gt; To test the association of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation symptoms and diabetes distress (DD) in adults with type 1 (T1D; Study 1) 2 (T2D: 2)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Research Design Methods&lt;/b&gt;: 556 T1D 299 T2D completed Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) to assess ANS reactivity symptoms, (DDS-T1, DDS-17), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-8) demographic variables via internet surveys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...

To test the association of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation symptoms and diabetes distress (DD) in adults with type 1 (T1D; study 1) 2 (T2D; 2). A total 556 T1D 299 T2D completed Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) to assess ANS reactivity symptoms, (via Diabetes Distress Scale T1 [DDS-T1], DDS-17), anxiety General Anxiety Disorder 7 [GAD-7]) scale, depression Patient Health Questionnaire-8 [PHQ-8]), demographic variables via internet surveys. In 1, participants' mean age was...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms can co-occur with somatic symptoms, associations which may be partly due to threat-responsive changes in the autonomic nervous system. Prior studies support between-person of elevated higher PTSD severity. However, there is a need distinguish between- and within-person variation over time. This study used latent growth model structured residuals examine dynamics U.S. population-based sample. Participants were 475 adults an exposure potentially...

Abstract Early separation of preterm infants from their mothers has adverse, long-term neurodevelopmental consequences. We investigated the effects daily maternal (MS) rat pups postnatal days 2–10 (PND2–10) on neurobehavioural responses to brief isolation at PND12 compared with receiving controlled handling without MS. Ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) were measured during two, 3-minute isolations occurring immediately before and after a reunion. There no significant differences in acoustic...

Abstract Background Joint hypermobility (JH) is associated with autonomic nervous system dysregulation and functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs). Understanding the neurophysiological processes linking these conditions can inform clinical interventions. Autonomic activity regulates gastrointestinal (GI) sensorimotor function may be a key mechanism. The aims of this study were to examine relation JH dynamic parasympathetic regulation in adolescents FAPDs identify optimal cutoff scores...

Physical inactivity is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Many patterns physical activity involvement are established early in life. To date, the role easily identifiable early-life individual predictors PA, such as childhood temperament, remains relatively unexplored. Here, we tested whether temperamental level, high intensity pleasure, low and surgency predicted engagement (PA) 11 years later adolescence.Data came from longitudinal community study (N = 206 participants, 53% females,...

Childhood maltreatment history may influence autonomic reactivity and recovery to stressors. Hypothetically, the contribute a retuned nervous system that is reflected in novel metric, vagal efficiency (VE), designed assess functional of cardioinhibitory pathways on heart rate. We explored whether VE mediates well-documented relationship between psychiatric symptoms. also investigated measures regulation response physical emotional challenges Participants (n = 167) completed self-report...

A growing body of literature documents sexual problems following maltreatment and traumatic experience, but the mechanisms these effects are poorly understood. The autonomic nervous system coordinates typical threat-reactive functions throughout body, including those reproductive organs. We examined whether relations between adult function childhood history could be mediated by an retuning with a bias toward maintaining physiological state that supports defensive strategies.Self-reported...

A growing body of research has highlighted the adverse impact COVID-19 stressors on health and social care workers' (HSCWs) mental health. Complementing this work, we report psychosocial factors that have had both a positive negative well-being HSCWs during third lockdown period in Scotland. Using cross-sectional design, participants (n = 1364) completed an online survey providing quantitative data free open-text responses. multi-method approach to analysis was used. The majority were found...

ABSTRACT Objective Autonomic regulation of organ and tissues may give rise to disruptions typical functions. The Body Perception Questionnaire Short Form (BPQ-SF) includes items that were developed assess autonomic symptoms in daily life. This pair studies aimed establish previously unexplored psychometric properties the BPQ-SF scale, develop normative values for clinical research use, convergence self-reports with sensor-based measures. Methods Study 1 reports exploratory confirmatory...