Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , July 2008

Heart rate variability and daytime functioning in insomniacs and normal sleepers: Preliminary results

  • Su-Chang Fang

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Jen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsung-Tsair Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Cardinal Tien Hospital, Hsin-Tien, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Shan Tsai

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu Hsing St., Taipei 110, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 27361661x6321; fax: +886 2 23772842.

Received 6 June 2007 ,Revised 15 October 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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☆ This study was conducted in the College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.

PII: S0022-3999(08)00038-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.003

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , July 2008

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