Het heeft niet betrekking op mensen met een aandoening: gezonde vrijwilligers die meer dan gemiddeld gestresst zijn maar verder gezond, zijn de doelgroep Healthy volunteers
Conditions
Interventions
Subjects receive 16 sessions of neurofeedback training of 40 minutes each.
During NFT, Subject will be placed in a chair in supine position by the
assistant in a dimly lit room. The subject is conne
Sponsors
Philips Research
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) A score of at least 1 standard deviation above the reported mean of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire 2) 18 - 30 years old 3) Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Evidence of a significant psychiatric (e.g. sleep disorder or major depression), neurological (e.g. epilepsy) or other medical (particularly cardiovascular and adrenocortical) disorder at the time of inclusion 2) Pregnancy at the time of inclusion (based on the subjective report of the subject) 3) The excessive use of medication, particularly corticosteroid medication at the time of inclusion 4) Significant alcohol abuse at the time of inclusion 5) An education level that is lower than high school 6) With occurrence of certain medical diseases (for example fever) a subject can be temporarily be excluded from the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary objective is to investigate stress, sleep, cognitive function and mood in a group of more than average stressed healthy subjects undergoing an 8 week NeuroCARE NFT program or a placebo program. The following assessments will be performed: (1) Assessment of stress * Objective stress level, measured by Heart Rate Variability (standarddeviation of RR-intervalls and intensity of the HF component of the ECG spectrum will be analyzed) * Subjective stress level, measured by POMS short form and a stress rating scale (2) Assessment of sleep * Objective sleep-assessment with SenseWear PRO2 Body Monitoring System * Subjective sleep-assessments with a sleep log and a Dutch translation of the Karolinksa Sleepiness Scale (KSS) (3) Mood Measured by POMS short form (4) Cognitive function Measures of: * declarative long term memory (CVLT) * selective attention (D2 concentration test) * working memory (calculations, Digit Symbol - Coding WAIS III) * executive function (Stroop Colour Word Test, Letter Fluency test) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| n.a. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed