Intervening on fear after acute cardiac events: Rationale and design of the INFORM randomized clinical trial. | Zendy

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Intervening on fear after acute cardiac events: Rationale and design of the INFORM randomized clinical trial.

Author(s) -

Jeffrey L. Birk,

Robin Cumella,

David Lopez-Veneros,

Ammie Jurado,

Emily K. Romero,

Amit Lazarov,

Ian M. Kronish

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1930-7810

pISSN - 0278-6133

DOI - 10.1037/hea0000853

Subject(s) - medicine , acute coronary syndrome , psycinfo , randomized controlled trial , emergency department , physical therapy , intervention (counseling) , clinical trial , behavior change , medline , psychiatry , myocardial infarction , pathology , political science , law

Many acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients are nonadherent to cardiovascular medications despite their known benefits for lowering risk of recurrent cardiovascular events. Research suggests that greater cardiac-related fear of recurrence (FoR) may be associated with higher nonadherence to cardiovascular medications and avoidance of physical activity. We aim to test the effect of an intervention that targets FoR as a potentially modifiable mechanism underlying nonadherence to recommended health behaviors among patients with suspected ACS.

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