气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol

CCPortal

DOI	10.1186/s40359-024-01574-3
	A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol
	Martinaitiene, Dalia; Sampaio, Francisco; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Gjoneska, Biljana; Portacenko, Justina; Damuleviciute, Austeja; Garbenyte-Apolinskiene, Toma; Burkauskas, Julius; Kazukauskiene, Nijole
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2050-7283
起始页码	12
结束页码	1
卷号	12 期号:1
英文摘要	BackgroundThe following protocol pertains to a pioneer study, aiming to investigate how weather sensitivity and walking in different environments affects the psychophysiological responses to the stress of individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) during rehabilitation (WE_SENSE_THE_NATURE). This randomised control trial will provide fresh insight on the influence of the environmental exposure in CAD patients, as it is seldom investigated in association to the disease. Additionally, findings on the link between personality traits and cognitive functions (especially cognitive flexibility), and weather sensitivity may help reveal a fine-grained perspective on the treatment possibilities for individuals with CAD at risk to stress-vulnerability.MethodsThe proposed protocol is for a randomised control trial among individuals attending a cardiac rehabilitation program. We aim to recruit 164 individuals, collecting information related to demographic characteristics, weather sensitivity, functional capacity, personality traits, subjective mental health status, cognitive function, and basal cortisol level of participating individuals. Basal cortisol level refers to cortisol concentration in saliva and will be tested in the morning and the afternoon prior to the day of the experiment. After baseline measurements, the patients will be randomly assigned to either walking outdoors or walking indoors. All measures and their sequential order will remain the same within each group, while the treatment condition (i.e., walking environment) will vary between groups. On the day of the experiment, hemodynamic parameters (assessed via 6-hour blood pressure measurements), stress level (consisting of assessments of cortisol level), and mood (assessed using visual analogues scale) will be registered. Cold stress test will be administered to evaluate the effect of walking in different environments.DiscussionThe outcomes of this study may have direct clinical applications for the use of different types of exercise environments in cardiac rehabilitation programs. Awareness about the potential influence of weather sensitivity on the psychophysiological reactions to stress in individuals with CAD may contribute to a timely planning and implementation of actions leading to improved medical care services and preventive measures, especially considering the expected weather oscillations and extreme weather events due to unfolding of the climate change.Trial registrationThis protocol has been retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with identifier code: NCT06139705 on November 20, 2023.
英文关键词	Coronary artery diseases; Weather sensitivity; Cardiac rehabilitation; Nature; Stress reaction; Walking
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001166280800002
来源期刊	BMC PSYCHOLOGY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/305999
作者单位	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences; Eotvos Lorand University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Martinaitiene, Dalia,Sampaio, Francisco,Demetrovics, Zsolt,et al. A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol[J],2024,12(1).
APA	Martinaitiene, Dalia.,Sampaio, Francisco.,Demetrovics, Zsolt.,Gjoneska, Biljana.,Portacenko, Justina.,...&Kazukauskiene, Nijole.(2024).A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol.BMC PSYCHOLOGY,12(1).
MLA	Martinaitiene, Dalia,et al."A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol".BMC PSYCHOLOGY 12.1(2024).