Improve effects of psychological interventions for depressed and anxious cardiac inpatients by implementing sensory stimulation techniques with bifocal mindfulness? A cluster randomised control group trial.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: I21; Acute myocardial infarction; Chronic ischaemic heart disease; I25

• Registration Number: DRKS00007850
• Lead Sponsor: Verein zur Förderung der Rehabilitationsforschung, Norderney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 208

Inclusion Criteria

Cardiac rehabilitation patients with depression and / or anxiety (HADS-values > 7).

Exclusion Criteria

Problems of language understanding

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction of the HADS-values from baseline to the end of the rehabilitation and 6 months after rehabilitation.<br>The HADS is a self-report scale designed to measure current anxiety and depressive symptomatology in non-psychiatric hospital patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Generalized anxiety and depression (PHQ-4)<br>Self-efficacy (ASKU) from baseline to the end of the rehabilitation and 6 months after rehabilitation.