Why the study?
Does psychosocial therapy reduce cardiovascular mortality in survivors of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest?
Population
129 survivors of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest documented by electrocardiograms from registries of a…
Comparison
Psychosocial therapy consisting of 11 individual… vs Control group
Design
RCT, Randomized into a two group, experimental, longitudinal design
Follow-up
Two years
Authors
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Supports psychosocial therapy after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; extends prior MI mortality benefit to this population.
Does psychosocial therapy reduce cardiovascular mortality in survivors of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest?
Psychosocial therapy, including biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy, significantly reduces cardiovascular mortality in survivors of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest.
Cowan et al. (2001) studied this question.
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