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Coping Effectiveness Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

NCT02463903 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 103

Last updated 2015-06-08

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Summary

The purpose of the present study is to develop, implement and evaluate a stress management program aiming to improve emotional well-being, health-related quality of life and to reduce readmission to hospital in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

Method: A randomized controlled study design will be employed in which the intervention consists of Coping Effectiveness Training (CET), a manual-based group intervention based on a cognitive transactional theory of stress and coping. The purpose of CET is to improve skills to appraise stress, teach a number of techniques to cope with stress, and to give an opportunity to interact with other people with similar experiences of living with CHF. The control group will receive standard health care. The intervention group will receive seven weekly sessions of CET. Self-assessments of; emotional well-being, depression and anxiety, illness perception, health-related quality of life, coping strategies and social support will be performed before the intervention, directly after the intervention, six weeks, six months and one year after the intervention period as well as measuring readmission to hospital. In addition, the participants in the intervention group will fill in an anonymous written evaluation, with closed and open ended questions, directly after the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Coping Effectiveness Training (CET)

The participants in the intervention group will receive a work book explaining the theme and home assignment as well as providing a brief summary of every group session. The group leader has a manual. Both work book and manual have been translated to Swedish and adjusted to patients with chronic heart failure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Fredrik Saboonchi, Professor · Swedish Red Cross University College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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