Multimorbidity Mental comorbidity / distress I50
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: 3 months of routine treatment + support from treatment assistant & feedback on managing psychological distress and heart failure risk factors including access to educational patient website f
Sponsors
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 65 years 2. Physician-diagnosed chronic heart failure 3. Two or more physician-diagnosed medical comorbidities 4. Elevated psychological distress (HADS total score >12) and/or diagnosed mental disorder(s).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Life expectancy <1 year due to causes other than heart failure 2. Communication barriers (e.g., no telephone, severe hearing impairment, inability to speak, read and understand the language of the country of recruitment) 3. Severe mental disorder needing specific psychiatric treatment and / or interfering with the study treatment, e.g. bipolar disorder, active suicidality, schizophrenia, severe dementia. Current psychosomatic or psychotherapeutic treatment is not an exclusion criterion. 4. Permanently living in a nursing home 5. Being permanently bedridden
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The endpoints of the feasibility study are qualitative and quantitative measures of the feasibility and patient acceptance of the study-related diagnostic procedures and the study intervention. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactChristine Zelenak
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed