Cardiovascular Events
Conditions
Keywords
psychocardiological, interval intervention, disability pension, risk profile, mental comorbidity
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to verfiy the hypothesis if a short intensive psychocardiological interval-intervention, combined with a structured follow up, decreases the rate of disability retirements caused by psychosocial co-morbidity of patients with coronary heart disease.
Detailed description
The purpose of the study is to verfiy the hypothesis if a short intensive psychocardiological interval intervention, combined with a structured follow up, decreases the rate of disability retirements caused by psychosocial co-morbidity of patients with coronary heart disease.
Interventions
The Patients in the intervention group receive a Stationary psychocardiological interval-rehabilitation.The Interval rehabilitation is divided into individual psychological therapy with focus of Behavior therapy and relaxation therapy.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Coronary heart disease * Disease-related psychosocial morbidity * not a disability retirements * Insured with the German Rheinland pension (deutsche Rentenversicherung Rheinland) * Sufficient language skills * Age 18-58
Exclusion criteria
* Acute cardiac decompensation * consuming the underlying disease * psychotic disorder * Acute suicidality * pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement of the social medical progression of coronary heart disease with associated psychosocial comorbidity by the use of interval rehabilitaion | 24 months after including study | Reducing the rate of disability pension of 18%of 9% by interval-rehabilitation with aftercare. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement of the social medical progression of coronary heart disease with associated psychosocial comorbidity by the use of interval rehabilitaion | 24 months after including study | Reduction of cardiovascular events, including deaths Improving the risk profile Improvement of health-related quality of life Improvement of mental comorbidity |
Countries
Germany