Mohammadian 2018.
| Study name | The efficacy of cognitive‐behavioral therapy based on rumination on depression, anxiety and hostility in cardiac patients |
| Methods | RCT design: 3‐arm parallel‐group trial Total N randomised: 48 Length of follow‐up: 2 months Analysis: not specified |
| Participants | Location: Iran Number of study centres and setting: not stated, affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences CAD criteria: open‐heart surgery for coronary heart disease Depression criteria: a mild or moderate score on the depression questionnaire (PHQ‐9 total score greater than 5) or anxiety questionnaire (Beck Anxiety Inventory total score greater than 8) or aggression questionnaire (Buss‐Perry Aggression Questionnaire total score greater than 40) Other entry criteria: 40 to 70 years of age, ability to participate in the rehabilitation programme and doing assignments with a diagnosis of cardiologist and rehabilitation specialist, reading and writing skills, no other physical illness that limits attendance at meetings, no change in psychiatric medications from 1 month before intervention, no history of receiving psychotherapy before intervention Exclusion criteria: cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's and dementia, severe mental disorder (personality disorders, psychotic disorders, and dissociative disorders), thyroid problems |
| Interventions | Intervention 1 (intervention group): 12 sessions of CBT based on rumination devised to treat depression for 1 session per week Intervention 2 (rehabilitation group): 40 sessions of rehabilitation, with 3 sessions per week. Intervention 3 (control group): this group will be selected from the waiting list and will not receive any intervention Duration of treatment: 12 weeks in Intervention 1; 13 weeks in Intervention 2 |
| Outcomes | Depression pre‐ and postintervention quantified by the BDI. Unclear if PHQ‐9 is captured at end of treatment |
| Starting date | 15 July 2018 |
| Contact information | Rasoul Mohammadian 10th Alley, Resalat street 5981944451 Shahindezh Iran (Islamic Republic of) T: +98 44 4632 1250 E: rasoul.2828@gmail.com Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
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