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Mental Stress Reduction in Defibrillator Patients

NCT00624520 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 129

Last updated 2014-12-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a 10 week program of Stress Management versus control Patient Education sessions on cardiac responses to mental stress in veterans with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM)

10 week program of weekly CBSM therapy group sessions

OTHER

Patient Education

10 week program of "Patient Education" group sessions, involving presentations of educational materials relating to heart disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Douglas Russell, MD PhD · Wlliam S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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