Dissertation Project Title: Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Chronic Heart Failure
Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Symptoms and Signs, Well-Being and Health in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
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Brief Summary
Patients with Chronic Heart Failure diagnosed and conventional treated, but still symptomatic (i.e. breathlessness, fatigue) is invited. Eligible patients are randomised to (1) care as usual (i.e. optimized medical treatment) or (2) care as usual (i.e. optimized medical treatment) in combination with an 8-week mindfulness-based educational and training program. Specific research questions:
- How are self-reported symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, difficult sleeping, anxiety and depression affected by a mindfulness-based educational and training program (MBI)?
- Does the implementation of an 8-week Mindfulness-based program have any impact on personal experiences of well-being and health?
- What effects does an 8-week MBI have on objective signs of importance for the progression of heart failure?
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Oct 2010
Typical duration for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 10, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2013
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 28, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 4, 2021
CompletedMay 4, 2021
May 1, 2021
3.2 years
April 28, 2021
May 3, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-reported impact of fatigue
Change from baseline to follow-up at week 10, will be measured at the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), a self-administered questionnaire including nine items investigating the impact of disabling fatigue on daily functioning during the past week. Grading of each item ranges from 1 to 7, with the total possible fatigue sum score ranging from 9 to 63, and higher scores indicating higher levels of indexed impact of fatigue. The FSS had not previously been tested in a heart failure population, and no cut-off score was found. The FSS was provided at visits and answered at home, and sent in to University address.
10 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Anxiety
10 weeks
Depression
10 weeks
Psychological and General Well-Being
10 weeks
Sense of coherence
10 weeks
Health
10 weeks
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Other Outcomes (10)
Heart rate
10 weeks
Respiratory rate
10 weeks
Functional classification
10 weeks
- +7 more other outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Control Group
NO INTERVENTIONCare as usual: (i.e. best medical treatment)
Mindfulness-Based Intervention
EXPERIMENTALCare as usual (i.e. best medical treatment) in combination with an eight-week mindfulness-based educational and training program.
Interventions
Eight, 2-hour instructor-led MBI group sessions once a week for 8 weeks, combined with formal meditative training at home for 20 minutes per day, 6 days a week. Course material consists of facts booklet, weekly training manuals, audio recordings on a CD, with the five formal guided meditative exercises (body scan, breathing anchor, breathing space, mindful movements, sitting meditation). The weekly home-work also included informal training of being present in daily life activities. The program is provided according to the standard MBI protocol. Compared to MBSR and MBCT durations of formal meditative practices are shorter and no 'all-day in silence' session is included. Because of participants' physical limitations and safety, the 'mindful movements' sequence, is adapted and performed in a sitting position. Adherence to the MBI was followed by self-reported weekly training in manuals asked to be submitted at group sessions.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Diagnosed chronic heart (CHF) failure by echocardiography
- Functional class II-IV according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA)
- Symptoms of breathlessness and/or tiredness rated 2-5 by patients using five-point scales, ranging from asymptomatic (1) to symptoms at rest (5)
- Stable condition, that is no deterioration of heart failure symptoms or new CHF drug or hospitalizations because of decompensated heart failure within the last four weeks
You may not qualify if:
- Severe psychiatric diagnosis (requiring treatment)
- Severe substance abuse (documented in journal)
- Severe somatic disease with short expected survival (i.e., malignancy)
- Communication difficulties (i.e., impaired vision or hearing, need of an interpreter to understand Swedish)
- Cognitive or adherence difficulties (documented in journal)
- Unstable angina pectoris
- Post-partum cardiomyopathy
- Ongoing participation in any other interventional study
- Unwillingness to participate
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Göteborg Universitylead
- Sahlgrenska University Hospitalcollaborator
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PMID: 28639841RESULT
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lena M Björck Associate Professor, PhD, RN
Göteborg University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 28, 2021
First Posted
May 4, 2021
Study Start
October 10, 2010
Primary Completion
December 31, 2013
Study Completion
December 31, 2013
Last Updated
May 4, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share