Introduction
Material and methods
Recruitment of patients
Intervention program
Topics discussed at the group sessions
Psychosocial evaluation
Health related Quality of life
Sense of Coherence
Anxiety and Depression
Daily life stresses
Depressed mood and social inhibition/type D behavior
Covariates
Statistical Methods
Results
Medical characteristics
Before intervention | After intervention | |||||
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n | mean | SD | mean | SD | p | |
Type A Behavior (20-80) | 30 | 47,4 | 9,3 | 40,7 | 8.6 | < 0,0001 |
Type D Behavior (0-56) | 30 | 27,9 | 10,0 | 23,2 | 8.9 | 0,004 |
Sense of Coherence
(13-91)
| 30 | 54,2 | 6,9 | 57,4 | 6.6 | 0.01 |
HAD scale
| ||||||
Depression (0-23) | 30 | 5,6 | 3,8 | 5,1 | 4,2 | n.s. |
Anxiety (0-23) | 30 | 9,2 | 4,5 | 7,4 | 4,6 | 0,0006 |
Ladder of
Life
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Life now (1-10) | 30 | 5.9 | 2,1 | 6,9 | 2,0 | 0,008 |
Life in the past (1-10) | 30 | 5,6 | 2,5 | 5,3 | 2,5 | n.s |
Life in the future (1-10) | 30 | 7,8 | 1,8 | 8,0 | 1,3 | n.s. |
Before intervention | After intervention | |||||
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n | mean | SD | mean | SD | p | |
Type A Behavior (20-80) | 19 | 46,1 | 9,4 | 40,1 | 9,6 | 0,004 |
Type D Behavior (0-56) | 19 | 26,7 | 9,3 | 22,3 | 8,8 | 0,04 |
Sense of Coherence
(13-91)
| 19 | 54,3 | 7,4 | 57,5 | 5,6 | 0,04 |
HAD scale
| ||||||
Depression (0-23) | 19 | 6,3 | 3,8 | 5,8 | 4,4 | n.s. |
Anxiety (0-23) | 19 | 9,2 | 4,4 | 7,7 | 4,5 | 0,04 |
Ladder of
life
| ||||||
Life now (1-10) | 19 | 5,7 | 2,1 | 6,8 | 2,1 | 0,03 |
Life in the past (1-10) | 19 | 5,6 | 2,7 | 5,8 | 2,6 | n.s. |
Life in the future (1-10) | 19 | 7,5 | 2,0 | 8,1 | 1,4 | n.s. |
Before intervention | After intervention | |||||
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n | mean | SD | mean | SD | p | |
Type A Behavior (20-80) | 11 | 49,5 | 9,1 | 40,4 | 7,1 | 0,001 |
Type D Behavior (0-56) | 11 | 29,9 | 11,3 | 24,7 | 9,2 | 0,04 |
Sense of Coherence
(13-91)
| 11 | 53,9 | 6,2 | 57,2 | 8,3 | n.s. |
HAD scale
| ||||||
Depression (0-23) | 11 | 4,5 | 3,6 | 3,8 | 3,5 | n.s. |
Anxiety (0-23) | 11 | 9,5 | 5,0 | 6,6 | 4,9 | 0,002 |
Ladder of
life
| ||||||
Life now (1-10) | 11 | 6,3 | 2,1 | 7,0 | 1,8 | n.s. |
Life in the past (1-10) | 11 | 5,6 | 2,1 | 4,5 | 2,0 | n.s. |
Life in the future (1-10) | 11 | 5,6 | 2,1 | 4,5 | 2,0 | n.s. |