A brief cognitive-behavioural intervention for treating affective disorders in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: a 24-week randomized controlled trial

VU University Medical Center (Netherlands)0 个研究点目标入组 117 人开始时间: 2012年10月10日最近更新: 2016年10月17日

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试验速览

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•1. All subjects aged 18 years or older who present themselves at the cardiac emergency unit of the VU University Medical Center with chest pain and are convinced they are experiencing a heart attack.
•2. Full medical examination reveals no cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal or endocrinal explanation for their complaints (and thus were diagnosed with 'non-cardiac chest pain')
•3. Score 8 or higher on either or both subscales of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
•4. Meeting the DSM-IV criteria for panic disorder and/or depressive disorder
•5. Providing signed informed consent after an oral and written explanation of the procedures and purpose of the study

•1. Those with insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
•2. Those who, in the month before screening, received systematic psychotherapy or used antidepressants. Benzodiazepine usage is allowed during the trial, up to a maximum of 50 mg of oxazepam or equivalent doses of other medications.

发起方

VU University Medical Center (Netherlands)