- Title
- Development of audio-guided deep breathing and auditory Go/No-Go task on evaluating its impact on the wellness of young adults: a pilot study
- Creator
- Kwa, Eng Keat; Cheong, Soon Keng; Ong, Lin Kooi; Lee, Poh Foong
- Relation
- Biomedical Engineering Vol. 69, Issue 2, p. 141-150
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2023-0410
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Objectives: Numerous studies indicate that deep breathing (DB) enhances wellbeing. Multiple deep breathing methods exist, but few employ audio to reach similar results. This study developed audio-guided DB and evaluated its immediate impacts on healthy population via self-created auditory Go/No-Go task, tidal volume changes, and psychological measures. Methods: Audio-guided DB with natural sounds to guide the DB was developed. Meanwhile, audio-based Go/No-Go paradigm with Arduino was built to measure the attention level. Thirty-two healthy young adults (n=32) were recruited. Psychological questionnaires (Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)), objective measurements with tidal volume and attention level with auditory Go/No-Go task were conducted before and after 5 min of DB. Results: Results showed a significant increment in tidal volume and task reaction time from baseline (p=0.003 and p=0.033, respectively). Significant correlations were acquired between (1) task accuracy with commission error (r=-0.905), (2) CAMS-R with task accuracy (r=-0.425), commission error (r=0.53), omission error (r=0.395) and PSS (r=-0.477), and (3) RSES with task reaction time (r=-0.47), task accuracy (r=-0.362), PSS (r=-0.552) and CAMS-R (r=0.591). Conclusions: This pilot study suggests a link between it and young adults' wellbeing and proposes auditory Go/No-Go task for assessing attention across various groups while maintaining physical and mental wellness.
- Subject
- attention level; audio guided deep breathing; auditory Go/No-Go task; tidal volume; wellness; young adults
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1507944
- Identifier
- uon:56069
- Identifier
- ISSN:0013-5585
- Language
- eng
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