Onkologia obliczeniowa i spersonalizowana medycyna Priorytetowy Obszar Badawczy POB1

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udziału w kolejnym seminarium naukowym POB1. Najbliższe wystąpienie będzie miało miejsce w ramach tzw. Forum Młodych, a naszą prelegentką będzie Jingyi Zhang z Safety and Accident Investigation Centre, Cranfield University, UK. Prezentacja stanowić będzie podsumowanie badań w zakresie „Biofeedback training facilitating commercial pilots’ psychophysiological resilience to the impact of COVID-19”.

Seminarium odbędzie się w najbliższą środę, 14 grudnia 2022, godz. 16:00-17:15 na platformie Zoom.

Pilots have suffered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic across many factors including social, economic, mental, physical, emotional, and operational issues. The current research empirically investigates the effect of biofeedback training to commercial pilots’ resilience to the unprecedented impact of pandemic. Eighteen commercial pilots voluntarily participated in this research consisting of a two-day training on quick coherence technique (QCT) and a two-month self-regulated practicing QCT during the controlled rest breaks in the flight deck and during day-to day life. There are subjective (Ardell Wellness Self-Assessment, AWSA and Perceived Stress Scale, PSS) and objective (Inner Balance) assessments to evaluate the QCT biofeedback training effects on pilots’ perceived workload, wellbeing, psychophysiological coherence, and heart rate variability (HRV). Results demonstrated that QCT training can significantly increase pilots’ psychophysiological resilience thereby facilitating their mental/physical health, cognitive functions, emotional stability, and wellness on both subjective and objective data analysis. Moreover, pilots must maintain self-regulated practicing of QCT to form a habitual behaviour in order to sustain the maximum benefits once the training course was completed. This study has identified great potential for further research to enhance pilots’ mental/physical health and aviation safety via biofeedback training. Nevertheless, QCT biofeedback can be an effective intervention for aviation authorities and airline operators to develop peer support programs for pilots to increase resilience and maintain mental and physical health.