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ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2021

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions on health outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease: A meta-analysis.

Yan-Ni Li, Nicholas Buys, Samantha Ferguson, Zhan-Jiang Li, Jing Sun

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Article in World journal of psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Yan-Ni LiSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast Q4222, Queensland, Australia.
Nicholas BuysMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast Q4222, Queensland, Australia.
Samantha Ferguson
Zhan-Jiang LiThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Beijing 100088, China.
Jing SunSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast Q4222, Queensland, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecently, the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention on health outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) has been recognized in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), but no comprehensive systematic review has been conducted. To address this research gap, our study aimed to evaluate whether comprehensive CBT-based interventions positively affect health outcomes in CHD patients. It was hypothesized that CBT-based interventions are effective in: (1) Reducing depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms; (2) Reducing body mass index, blood pressure, and lipid levels; and (3) Improving quality of life, and exercise endurance.

aimTo verify the effectiveness of CBT-based interventions on CHD patients through a meta-analysis of previous publications.

methodsRelevant RCTs published in English were obtained by searching electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus, and Proquest, with the retrieval time from inception to August 2020. The primary outcomes were psychological factors (depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms), physiological factors (body mass index, blood pressure, blood lipids). The secondary outcomes included quality of life and exercise endurance. We used Review Manager 5.3 to conduct the meta-analysis and used the Physiotherapy Evidence Database tool to evaluate the quality of studies.

resultsA total of 22 RCTs comprising 4991 patients with CHD were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. The main analysis revealed that CBT-based intervention can reduce depression symptoms: -2.00 [95% confidence interval (CI): -2.83 to -1.16,

conclusionCBT-based interventions are effective treatment strategies for CHD patients, significantly improving their symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, body mass index, and health-related quality of life.

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Cognitive behavioral therapyCoronary heart diseasePhysiological factorsPsychological factorsQuality of life

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PMID34888180
PMCPMC8613762

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