Assessing the feasibility of heart rate variability as an objective indicator of anxiety in older adults with dementia living in care homes

Abstract Objective Anxiety is reportedly prevalent in older adults with dementia living care homes and, within this population, most often assessed through caregiver reports. Heart rate variability (HRV) a physiological indicator of autonomic function, whereby reduced vagally-mediated HRV associated variety anxiety symptoms and disorders. This study evaluates the feasibility collecting data presents for home, examines context self-reported anxiety. These were collected during larger examining an exercise intervention. Results data, form log-transformed root mean square successive differences (lnRMSSD), line transformed from previous research. provide promising direction use wrist-worn devices future research people homes.