Key result
Illness perception intervention cuts anxiety scores ~47% and speeds return to work in MI patients.
Why the study?
Myocardial infarction reduces quality of life and causes depression and anxiety that delay returning to work, motivating evaluation of illness perception focused intervention.
Does an illness perception focused intervention improve quality of life, anxiety, and depression in recently hospitalized MI patients?
RCT (n=48)
randomized
Does an illness perception focused intervention improve quality of life, anxiety, and depression in recently hospitalized MI patients?
Absolute Event Rate: 8.3% vs 15.8%
p-value: p=< 0.001
A brief illness perception focused intervention significantly reduces anxiety and depression and accelerates return to work in patients recently hospitalized for myocardial infarction.
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Supports illness perception intervention to reduce post-MI anxiety and accelerate return to work; confirms RCT efficacy and extends prior evidence.
Sararoudi et al. (2016) conducted an RCT in myocardial infarction (n=48). illness perception focused intervention vs. control group was evaluated on anxiety score (p=< 0.001). An illness perception focused intervention significantly reduced anxiety scores (8.3 vs 15.8, P<0.001) and the mean duration of returning to work (28.7 vs 46 days, P<0.001) in MI patients.
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