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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Attention training technique delivered in groups as treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with coronary heart disease: study protocol for a waiting-list randomized controlled trial.

Toril Dammen, Kristoffer Tunheim, John Munkhaugen, Ole Klungsøyr, Costas Papageorgiou

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05621408 (Attention Training Technique in Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Coronary Heart Disease Patients -a Randomized Controlled Trial With 6 Months Follow-up), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Attention Training Technique in Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Coronary Heart Disease Patients -a Randomized Controlled Trial With 6 Months Follow-up

TypeinterventionalSponsorVestre Viken Hospital TrustRan2022 to 2024Enrolled64ConditionsDepression, Anxiety, Coronary Artery DiseaseArmsAttention Training Technique
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Toril DammenDepartment of Research and Innovation, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Kristoffer TunheimInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
John MunkhaugenDepartment of Medicine, Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Trust, Drammen, Norway.
Ole KlungsøyrDepartment of Research and Innovation, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Costas PapageorgiouDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

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Abstract

Introduction: Clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients are common and associated with adverse outcomes. Psychological treatments have shown limited effectiveness and more effective treatments have been requested. Attention training technique (ATT), a component of metacognitive therapy, can potentially be effective as a stand-alone treatment for anxiety and depression. In an open study, ATT delivered face-to-face in a group format was feasible and potentially effective for improving depression and anxiety symptoms in CHD patients. The next progressive step is to test the effectiveness of ATT in a randomized controlled trial. This paper describes the methodology of this trial. Methods: ATT-CHD is a randomized wait-list (WL) controlled study. Eligible CHD patients from two hospitals with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)-Anxiety and/or HADS-Depression subscales scores ≥8 will be randomized into ATT ( Discussion: To our knowledge, this will be the first WL-controlled randomized study testing the effectiveness of group-based ATT as treatment of symptoms of anxiety and depression in CHD patients. It will also explore correlations between changes in psychological distress and CRP. A qualitative analysis will reveal patients' experience with ATT including processes that may facilitate or serve as barriers to effectiveness. Recruitment into the study commenced in December 2022. Ethics and dissemination: The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK), Norway has granted approval for the study (ID 52002). The trial results will be published in peer-reviewed journals. According to Norwegian legislation, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, and the Committee of Ethics, we are not allowed to share original study data publicly. Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT05621408 pre-inclusion. There were no significant changes of methods or outcomes after study start.

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anxietyattention training techniquecoronary heart diseasedepressionpsychological interventionruminationworry

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PMCPMC10544325

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