Non-cardiac Chest Pain: Effect of Cognitive Therapy Administered as Guided Self-help
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Chest Pain
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Eligible patients will be consecutively included and randomized to two groups, intervention group or control group. We will use a web-based randomisation procedure, conducted at a place remote from where the study takes place.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 70 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Most patients with chest pain referred to hospital do not have a cardiac illness. Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is often followed by persistent distress and reduced quality of life, and societal costs are nearly equal to those of cardiac patients. Research suggests that face-to-face CBT is effective...
Most patients with chest pain referred to hospital do not have a cardiac illness. Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is often followed by persistent distress and reduced quality of life, and societal costs are nearly equal to those of cardiac patients. Research suggests that face-to-face CBT is effective, but this has not been implemented as standard treatment. We plan to test an easily implementable web-based guided self-help intervention for NCCP patients. Patients will be recruited at the chest pain unit at Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, and will be recruited after they have finished their cardiac examination. The intervention group will receive six web-based sessions, comprising information, exposure to physical activity, how worry can excess pain, physical reactions to pain and worry, consequences of avoidance, and specific panic treatment.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03096925
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Study Director: Frode Gallefoss, MD, PhD Head of Clinical Research, Sørlandet HF. Principal Investigator: Liv T Walseth, MD, PhD Researcher, Sørlandet HF
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