Coping with non-cardiac chest pain: A randomised clinical trial to evaluate a short psychoeducational intervention

Coping with non-cardiac chest pain: A randomised clinical trial to evaluate a short psychoeducational intervention - NiKaBb

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003545

Enrollment

128

Registered

2012-03-15

Start date

2010-05-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Non-cardiac chest pain F45.3

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention: Brief psychoeducational intervention that focuses on alternative illness perceptions and coping strategies. Concept: One session of not more than 60 minutes duration following e

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - chest pain of relevant concern - the patient experiences the chest pain as distressing - at least one pain episode during the past 4 weeks - exclusion of a serious heart disease by cardiac angiography (invasive angiography or CT angiography), i.e. maximum stenosis of < 50 %

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - insufficient German language skills, reading skills or understanding of the study task - serious cardiac disease (e.g. CAD with at least one stenosis = 50%, myocardial infarction, cardiac insufficiency NYHA III and IV, heart transplantation, documented arrhythmia that had entailed treatment by cardioversion, ablation, cardiac pace maker or implanted defibrillator, cardiomyopathy, anomalies of the heart valve) - current psychotherapeutic treatment because of chest pain

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Chest pain characteristics (Pain Questionnaire of the German Pain Society). 2. Subjective Illness Perceptions (Donkin-Scale, IPQ-Brief). Assessments were done prior to the intervention as well as 4 week and 6 months following the intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Cognitive-perceptual factors (Somatosensory Amplification Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, Fragebogen zu Körper und Gesundheit). 2. Emotional-affective factors (Beck Anxiety Inventar, Patient Health Questionnaire-9). 3. Behavioural factors (use of medical ressources and medication, International Physical Activity Questionnaire). Assessments were done prior to the intervention as well as 4 week and 6 months following the intervention.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Cognitive-perceptual factors (Somatosensory Amplification Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, Fragebogen zu Körper und Gesundheit). 2. Emotional-affective factors (Beck Anxiety Inventar, Patient Health Questionnaire-9). 3. Behavioural factors (use of medical ressources and medication, International Physical Activity Questionnaire). Assessments were done prior to the intervention as well as 4 week and 6 months following the intervention.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactStefanie Schroeder

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Psychosomatische und Psychotherapeutische Abteilung

stefanie.schroeder@uk-erlangen.de+4991318544542

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026