Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention.
J Card Fail
; 17(3): 201-7, 2011 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-21362527
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coping Effectively with Heart Failure (COPE-HF) is an ongoing randomized clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate if a coping skills training (CST) intervention will result in improved health status and quality of life as well as reduced mortality and hospitalizations compared with a heart failure education (HFE) intervention. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Two hundred heart failure (HF) patients recruited from the Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina Hospital system will be randomized to a CST intervention (16 weekly 30-minute telephone counseling sessions including motivational interviewing and individually tailored cognitive behavioral therapy) or to an HFE intervention (16 weekly 30-minute telephone sessions including education and symptom monitoring). Primary outcomes will include postintervention effects on HF biomarkers (B-type natriuretic peptide, ejection fraction) and quality of life, as well as long-term clinical outcomes (hospitalizations and death). Secondary analyses will include an evaluation of treatment effects across subpopulations, and potential mechanisms by which CST may improve clinical outcomes.CONCLUSIONS:
COPE-HF is a proof-of-concept study that should provide important insights into the health benefits of a CST intervention designed to enhance HF self-management, improve health behaviors, and reduce psychologic distress.
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Assunto principal:
Autocuidado
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Telefone
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article