What does this research mean for the field?

A therapist-guided, digitally delivered cognitive behavioral therapy intervention improves disease-specific health status and reduces cardiac anxiety after myocardial infarction, with durable effects. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a digitally delivered CBT intervention for individuals experiencing cardiac anxiety following myocardial infarction.

March 28, 2026JACC AdvancesOpen Access

Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Cardiac Anxiety After Myocardial Infarction

Q: What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: RCT. Population: Cardiac anxiety after myocardial infarction. Intervention: Therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT. Primary outcome: Disease-specific health status and cardiac anxiety.

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Key result

Therapist-guided digital CBT durably improves health status and reduces cardiac anxiety after MI.

Why the study?

Does therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT improve disease-specific health status and reduce cardiac anxiety in patients after myocardial infarction?

Population

Patients after MI

Comparison

Therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT targeting cardiac anxiety vs not stated

Authors

AJAmanda JohnssonKarolinska Institutet BLBrjánn LjótssonKarolinska Institutet BLBjörn E LiliequistKarolinska Institutet

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Implication

Supports integration into post-MI secondary prevention; extends evidence for scalable digital CBT.

Key Points

This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a digitally delivered CBT intervention for individuals experiencing cardiac anxiety following myocardial infarction.
Implemented a therapist-guided digital CBT intervention targeting cardiac anxiety.
Measured disease-specific health status before and after the intervention.
Assessed the durability of effects over time.
Significant improvement in disease-specific health status after the intervention.
Reduction in cardiac anxiety levels was observed following the intervention.
Effects of the intervention were durable over an extended period.

Study Design

Type

RCT

Structured PICO

Does therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT improve disease-specific health status and reduce cardiac anxiety in patients after myocardial infarction?

Population

Patients after myocardial infarction (MI)

Intervention

Therapist-guided, digitally delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targeting cardiac anxiety

Outcome

Disease-specific health status and cardiac anxietypatient reported

Therapist-guided digital CBT improves health status and reduces cardiac anxiety in patients recovering from myocardial infarction, supporting its integration into secondary prevention.

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Johnsson et al. (2026) conducted an RCT in Cardiac anxiety after myocardial infarction. Therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT was evaluated on Disease-specific health status and cardiac anxiety. A therapist-guided, digitally delivered CBT intervention improved disease-specific health status and reduced cardiac anxiety after myocardial infarction, with durable effects.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c770c08bbfbc51511e0c2e https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102669

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