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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
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1226539 |
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author | Dammen, Toril Tunheim, Kristoffer Munkhaugen, John Klungsøyr, Ole Papageorgiou, Costas |
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description | 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 (n = 32) or WL control (n = 32). After 6–8 weeks, WL patients will be allocated to ATT. Participants will be evaluated pre-, mid- and post-treatment, and at 6-months follow-up using changes in HADS as primary outcome. Secondary outcomes will be changes in psychiatric disorders, rumination, worry, type D-personality, metacognitions, insomnia, quality of life, and C-Reactive protein (CRP). 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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spelling | pubmed-105443252023-10-03 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 Dammen, Toril Tunheim, Kristoffer Munkhaugen, John Klungsøyr, Ole Papageorgiou, Costas Front Psychol Psychology 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 (n = 32) or WL control (n = 32). After 6–8 weeks, WL patients will be allocated to ATT. Participants will be evaluated pre-, mid- and post-treatment, and at 6-months follow-up using changes in HADS as primary outcome. Secondary outcomes will be changes in psychiatric disorders, rumination, worry, type D-personality, metacognitions, insomnia, quality of life, and C-Reactive protein (CRP). 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10544325/ /pubmed/37790218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1226539 Text en Copyright © 2023 Dammen, Tunheim, Munkhaugen, Klungsøyr and Papageorgiou. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Dammen, Toril Tunheim, Kristoffer Munkhaugen, John Klungsøyr, Ole Papageorgiou, Costas 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 |
title | 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 |
title_full | 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 |
title_fullStr | 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 |
title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
title_short | 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 |
title_sort | 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 |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1226539 |
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