Status:
UNKNOWN
Group Psychotherapy Among Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Meir Medical Center
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
This study will examine the efficacy of group therapy utilizing the Existential Approach in heart failure patients when compared to a control group of patients who are waiting for the same group treat...
Detailed Description
Among all medical conditions, patients with heart failure report significantly poorer quality of life than do the other patients (1). The existing literature describes a wide range of negative emotion...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis of heart failure at levels III and IV, according to the classification of the NYHA (New York Heart Association) for 3 months or more.
- Clinical diagnosis of LVEF less than 50% or were on diuretic therapy for more than three months with at least one previous hospitalization due to heart failure disease.
Exclusion
- uncertain prognosis for 12 months due to other conditions.
- acute coronary disease in recent months.
- existence of another life-threatening illness of the patient (such as active cancer, chronic kidney failure).
- severe neurological problem (Brain syndrome / orientation problem/ difficult peripheral neuropathy).
- severe mental illness (active psychosis / suicide risk / severe dementia).
- linguistic limitations (such as misunderstanding of the Hebrew language / stuttering / untreated audio impairment).
- a significant functional problem (such as unconsciousness / connection to respiration device / confined to a wheelchair or bed / severe walking disability / needs help with complete basic daily activities).
- objective limit that endangers liability for participation in the seven meetings (such as remote residential / tourist / convict / drug addict).
- subjects whose mother tongue is not Hebrew.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01414439
Start Date
August 1 2011
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
August 30 2011
Active Locations (1)
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1
: Department of Cardiology, Meir Medical Center
Kfar Saba, Israel