NCT02481544

The Effects of Journaling on Health-Related Mood and Clinical Outcomes in Post-MI Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Diego · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Psychosocial factors, including positive affect, finding meaning in the event, and managing emotional distress, influence prognosis following a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI). Gratitude, typically defined as a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive, is associated with higher levels of well-being, and people who are more grateful experience less stress, are less depressed, have higher levels of control over their environment, and more positive ways of coping. The present project will examine the potential benefits of a gratitude intervention (i.e., 8 weeks of gratitude journaling) to increase positive health behaviors, psychological health, and physical functioning in post-MI patients as compared to journaling about memorable events as well as care as usual alone. The investigators will study psychological and physical functioning at baseline, following 8 weeks of gratitude journaling or care as usual, and at 4-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Myocardial Infarction
• Psychosocial Factors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Gratitude Journaling Plus SOC
BEHAVIORAL	Memorable Events Journaling Plus SOC

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2015-06-25
• Last updated: 2019-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States