Evaluation of a Personcentered Internet-based CBT Program for Stress, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

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All patients diagnosed as CVD (i.e. diagnosis Ischemia (ICD-code I20., I25.), Heart Failure (ICD-code I50., I42.) or Arrhythmia (ICD-code I48, I49, DF016) and who received care in the last 12 months at hospitals in the south-east of Sweden will be contacted by letter with information about the study...

All patients diagnosed as CVD (i.e. diagnosis Ischemia (ICD-code I20., I25.), Heart Failure (ICD-code I50., I42.) or Arrhythmia (ICD-code I48, I49, DF016) and who received care in the last 12 months at hospitals in the south-east of Sweden will be contacted by letter with information about the study. Participants who are interested are invited to visit our website for more information, registration and provision of informed consent. After registration, participants will respond to questions about demographics, medical history, stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms on the website. Inclusion or exclusion will be assessed by a group consisting of a psychologist, cardiology specialist nurse and a psychiatry specialist nurse. Before final inclusion and randomization eligible participants will be contacted for a telephone interview held by the study nurses. Included (n=400) participants will, on our website (www.xxxxxx), complete the baseline study questionnaires and then be randomized according to a 2 x2 factorial design.

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