Fang 2003.
| Methods | RCT design: Parallel‐group trial Total N randomised: 57 Length of follow‐up: 8 weeks Analysis: unclear |
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| Participants | Location: China Number of study centres: Patients selected from 2 hospitals CAD diagnosis: Myocardial infarction (MI) confirmed by an electronic radiograph Depression diagnosis: Sung's self‐rating depressive scale (SDS) score > 43 Other entry criteria: Sung's self‐rating anxiety scale (SAS) score > 38 Exclusion criteria: unclear Treatment N: 27 (sex and age distribution unclear) Control N: 30 (sex and age distribution unclear) Comparability of the groups: unclear |
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| Interventions | Treatment: Health education and psychological intervention in addition to standard medication. Health education included basic myocardial infarction knowledge and related subjects such as healthy diet, exercise, cholesterol control. Psychological intervention comprised support (5 times a week, 30 ‐ 40 minutes per meeting), various psychological treatments tailored according to the patients needs (twice a week for 30 ‐ 40 minutes), and mind and body relaxation time using breathing exercises, and various relaxation techniques (twice daily, 15 ‐ 20 minutes) Control: Usual care Duration of treatment: 8 weeks |
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| Outcomes | Review outcomes: Sung's self‐rating depressive scale (SDS) score Other outcomes: Sung's self‐rating anxiety scale (SAS) score, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) |
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| Funding | unclear | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | not applicable |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | not applicable |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | not applicable |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | not applicable |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | not applicable |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | not applicable |