Why the study?
Current cardiac rehabilitation programs incorporating psychological techniques achieve modest reductions in emotional distress, highlighting the need to evaluate the feasibility of group metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression.
Does adding group metacognitive therapy to usual cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes and prove feasible for patients with anxiety and depression?
Comparison
Usual cardiac rehabilitation plus six weekly sessions of group-MCT vs usual cardiac rehabilitation
Design
Single-blind randomized feasibility trial
Follow-up
4 months
Authors
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Group-MCT was feasible and acceptable within CR services; supports definitive efficacy trials before practice change.
Does adding group metacognitive therapy to usual cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes and prove feasible for patients with anxiety and depression?
Group metacognitive therapy is a feasible and acceptable addition to cardiac rehabilitation for patients with anxiety and depression, supporting the progression to a full-scale efficacy trial.
Wells et al. (2020) studied this question.
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