Three-year follow-up studies on heart rate variability in nursing home residents

Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol. 1992 Sep;46(3):641-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00537.x.

Abstract

The coefficient of variation of the R-R interval (CV value) of nursing home residents was investigated twice during a three-year period. The initial CV value of the deceased during the period was significantly lower than that of the survivors. Among the survivors, residents without chronic cerebrovascular disease mainly showed a decrease in their CV values during the period.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / mortality*
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / mortality*
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / physiopathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Rate* / physiology
  • Homes for the Aged
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Nursing Homes
  • Parasympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Survival Rate