NCT04649307

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Following Myocardial Infarction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading cause s of health loss globally, representing a large proportion of general disability. Anxiety and depression occur in 20-30 percent of patients following MI and have been identified as risk factors for recurrent adverse cardiac event. The purpose of our this study is to develop and evaluate a disease specific cognitive behavioral therapy (C BT) protocol to reduce cardia anxiety, depression, increase physical inactivity and quality of life (Q oL) in patients following MI.

Detailed description

The study will include 20 patients. The MI-specific CBT lasts for 8 weeks and is delivered face-to-face via a secure digital video solution (to minimize cancelled sessions because of the COVID-19 pandemic) or at the Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset cardiac research unit, by licensed psychologists with expertise in CBT for cardiac disease. During treatment, the psychologists will have direct access to a cardiologist assigned to the project and treatments are conducted in close interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure patient safety.

Conditions

• Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MI-CBT	Education, Interoceptive exposure, Exposure in-vivo, Behavioral activation, Relapse prevention

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-29
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2020-12-02
• Last updated: 2022-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden