December 1, 1999Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Affective Distress and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Cases for Psychological and Behavioral Interventions
Why the study?
Do psychological and behavioral interventions improve psychological adjustment in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators experiencing affective distress?
Population
Patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators experiencing affective distress, particularly related…
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Implication
May support brief psychological interventions for distressed ICD patients; leaves open need for RCTs before practice change.
Structured PICO
Do psychological and behavioral interventions improve psychological adjustment in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators experiencing affective distress?
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Population
Patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) experiencing affective distress, particularly related to multiple discharges (includes 2 case examples)
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Intervention
Brief psychological and behavioral interventions; multidisciplinary care including clinical psychologists
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Outcome
Psychological adjustment and affective distresspatient reported
Multidisciplinary care including clinical psychologists is suggested to address psychological maladjustment and affective distress in patients with ICDs, particularly those with multiple discharges.
Cite This Study
Sears et al. (1999) studied this question.