Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), one of the major risk factor of CAD, can be detected by Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at an early stage.

Dr. Jai Kumar; Dr. Deepti Aggarwal; Dr. Rajiv Gupta

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), one of the major risk factor of CAD, can be detected by Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at an early stage.

Dr. Jai Kumar, Dr. Deepti Aggarwal, Dr. Rajiv Gupta

Abstract :

Mental health problems are on rise in modern competitive world of dead–lines. And out of all the mental health issues Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is among the most common. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the major culprits as well as the most neglected one of cardiovascular morbidity. Autonomic cardiac function tests, especially Heart Rate Variability (HRV), can assess any changes in the imbalance between sympathetic and parasympathetic activity of the heart occuring due to GAD. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is primarily controlled by continuous interplay of sympathetic and vagal activity. Therefore HRV reflects fluctuation in sympathetic and parasympathetic impulses rather than the absolute values as the heart rate reflects. In our study we observed the reduced HRV among GAD patient prior to the severe clinical manifestation of the disease.