Partnering Physical and Emotional Fitness: Improving Cardiac Recovery With Training in Emotion Regulation

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Conditions studied: Cardiac Disease, Myocardial Infarction

In brief

Patients who have just experienced a first major cardiac event are at risk of experiencing heightened negative emotions, which further negatively impact self-management of health behaviors. For those patients in phase II cardiac rehabilitation, there is an opportunity to address physical and emotional wellbeing to optimize self-management of diet and exercise. This study will pilot test an intervention aimed at improving these patients' abilities to regulate their emotions as a mechanism to minimize psychological distress and improve self-management of diet and exercise, as well as improve quality of life. This innovative pilot will generate knowledge about the impact of emotion regulation in first event cardiac rehabilitation patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03303703

Run by

Case Western Reserve University

People needed

34

Starts

2017-10-11

Expected to finish

2018-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-23

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• diagnosis of CVD
• phase II CR initiated within the past 2 months
• planned 12 weeks of CR
• living independently
• at least 40 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• patients who do not speak English
• have experienced cardiac arrest
• have an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator
• not approved safe for exercise

Where it is running

• Case Western Reserve University — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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