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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Author: Freedland, K. E. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 158 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Handling /managing emotions, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Quality of life Quality of life Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Self-care Chronic Heart Failure Index (SCHFI)
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 55.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 11.2) Gender: 73 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 38.9 (+/- a standard deviation of 15.5) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 1.0

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy