Relationship between psychosomatic diagnoses and various autonomic indicators: which diagnoses have stronger associations?
The results indicate that among the diagnoses commonly seen in psychosomatic medicine, the negative association between major depressive disorder and parasympathetic activity is relatively robust. Analyses incorporating QOL suggest that the relationship between depression and parasympathetic activity is more likely to operate through a top-down pathway.
Authors
- Wei‐Lieh Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-3366)
- Shih‐Cheng Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-0879)
- Chi‐Shin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-7295)
- Bernd Löwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-3378)
- Yi‐Ting Chiu
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- National Health Research Institutes (TW)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Published
- 2025-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13881
- Primary Topic
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch