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Trial reportPsychosomatics

Positive Psychology Interventions for Patients With Heart Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Trial.

Gholam Reza Nikrahan, Laura Suarez, Karim Asgari, Scott R Beach, Christopher M Celano, Mehrdad Kalantari, Mohammad Reza Abedi, Ali Etesampour, Rezaei Abbas, Jeff C Huffman

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychosomatics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. A Framework for the Adaptation of Positive Psychological Interventions to North American Indigenous Populations.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021
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  14. Resident Wellness: An Intervention to Decrease Burnout and Increase Resiliency and Happiness.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2017
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  15. The Role of Positive Psychology in Lifestyle Medicine.American journal of lifestyle medicine
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gholam Reza NikrahanDepartment of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Laura SuarezDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Borujen, Borujen, Iran (GRN); Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Karim AsgariDepartment of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Scott R BeachDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Borujen, Borujen, Iran (GRN); Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Christopher M CelanoDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Borujen, Borujen, Iran (GRN); Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Mehrdad KalantariDepartment of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammad Reza AbediDepartment of Consulting, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Ali EtesampourDepartment of Internal Medicine, Najafabad Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.
Rezaei AbbasDepartment of Immunology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Jeff C HuffmanDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Borujen, Borujen, Iran (GRN); Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jhuffman@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Developing a positive psychology intervention to improve cardiac health behaviorsR01HL113272 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HUFFMAN, JEFF C · 2013 to 2017
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL113272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPositive psychologic characteristics have been linked to superior cardiac outcomes.

objectiveAccordingly, in this exploratory study, we assessed positive psychology interventions in patients who had recently undergone a procedure to treat cardiovascular disease.

methodParticipants were randomly assigned to receive 1 of 3 different 6-week face-to-face interventions or a wait-list control condition. We assessed intervention feasibility and compared changes in psychologic outcome measures postintervention (7wk) and at follow-up (15wk) between intervention and control participants. Across the interventions, 74% of assigned sessions were completed.

resultsWhen comparing outcomes between interventions and control participants (N = 55 total), there were no between-group differences post-intervention, but at follow-up intervention participants had greater improvements in happiness (β = 14.43, 95% CI: 8.66-20.2, p < 0.001), depression (β = -3.87, 95% CI: -7.72 to 0.02, p = 0.049), and hope (β = 7.12, 95% CI: 1.25-13.00, p =0.017), with moderate-large effect sizes. Efficacy of the 3 interventions was similar.

conclusionsFuture studies are needed to identify an optimal positive psychology intervention for cardiac patients.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyHappinessHopeAgedCoronary Artery BypassCoronary StenosisDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOptimismPercutaneous Coronary InterventionWaiting Listscoronary artery bypass graftcoronary artery diseasedepressionheart diseaseoptimismpositive psychology

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PMID27137709
PMCPMC4902750

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