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Mindfulness training for patients with structural heart disease.

Conditions
English:Patients with known structural heart disease (congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy)Dutch:Patienten bekend met een structurele hartaandoening (aangeboren hartafwijking of cardiomyopathie)
Registration Number
NL-OMON26153
Lead Sponsor
Board of Directors, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam.
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
330
Inclusion Criteria

Adults 18 to 65 years old known to have structural heart disease, including congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Planned operation or percutaneous intervention;

2. Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent;

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The 6 minute walk test has been chosen as primary outcome since it is a measure of cardiac and overall physical fitness.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Key secondary outcome:<br /><br>1. Quality-of-life (SF36), using the mental- and physical composite outcome scales.<br><br /><br /><br>Other secondary outcomes:<br /><br>1. Heart rate, blood pressure, resting respiratory rate (markers of cardiac fitness);<br /><br>2. NTproBNP (a biomarker for heart failure);<br /><br>3. Cumulative cortisol in 2 cm of hair taken from the scalp (cumulative measure of stress);<br /><br>4. Composite endpoint (all-cause mortality, heart failure, arrythmia, cardiac surgery, percutaneous cardiac intervention, electrical cardioversion);<br /><br>5. Psychological well-being (Hospital Anxiety Depression questionnaire);<br /><br>6. Preference values (societal EuroQol EQ-5D-5L values, societal SF-6D values obtained from the SF-36, VAS rating scale [Philip Moons version]);<br /><br>7. Social support (perceived social support scale 12 Blumenthal PSSS12);<br /><br>8. Medical consumption of health-care use;<br /><br>9. Health care costs;<br /><br>10. Related non-health care costs (Tic-P).
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