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Review: psychoeducational programmes reduce long term mortality and recurrence of myocardial infarction in cardiac patients

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.3.3.80

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    Dusseldorp E, van Elderen T, Maes S, et al.A meta-analysis of psychoeducational programs for coronary heart disease patients.Health Psychol1999 Sep;18:506–19OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: Can psychoeducational programmes (stress management and health education) reduce cardiac morbidity, mortality, and risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)?

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    Studies were identified by searching Medline and PsycLIT (1974–98) and by scanning bibliographies of relevant articles.

    Study selection

    Published studies were selected if they involved patients who had had a cardiac event (myocardial infarction [MI], coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or combination) within 6 months before treatment and if the study design was a randomised controlled trial (RCT) or quasi-randomised trial. Studies reporting effects on emotional distress were included only if effects on risk factors, related behaviours, morbidity, or cardiac mortality were also reported. Quasi-randomised trials were included only if samples were stratified or matched pairwise or if patients from the …

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    • Source of funding: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

    • For correspondence: Ms E Dusseldorp, Data Theory Group, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, the Netherlands. Fax +31 71 5273865.

    • A modified version of this abstract appears in ACP Journal Club.