Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Management of Quality of Life in Patients Post Myocardial Infarction

Fatima Jinnah Women University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medication Adherence; Quality of Life; Type D Personality; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Other: Acceptance and commitment therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06548282

FJWU/EC/2024/88

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for the management of quality of life in patients post-myocardial infarction

Full description

The current quantitative study is carried out in two steps. A cross-sectional survey assesses quality of life and associated factors during the first step. A randomized controlled trial will be done during the second step where patients with myocardial infarction who are identified with type D personality characteristics, psychological distress, low level of medication adherence, low social support, low quality of life, low acceptance and psychological flexibility will be randomly assigned to two groups i.e. waitlist control group and intervention group. The acceptance and commitment therapy would be implemented on participants in the interventional group. As the control group is the waitlist control group; initially no intervention will be given to participants in the control group but the intervention will be given to the control group participants once the study is completed.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. First-time diagnosed, non-hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction (MI).

2. Patients attending follow-up visits at the hospital.

3. Patients experiencing distress.

4. Patients exhibiting features of Type D personality.

5. Patients reporting low levels of:

   • Quality of Life (QoL)
   • Medication adherence
   • Social support
   • Acceptance
   • Psychological flexibility

6. Patients aged 18 years and above.

7. Both genders.

8. Patients who can understand Urdu.

9. Patients who can provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction (MI).

2. Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and other chronic co-morbid diseases, such as:

   • Cancer
   • Cognitive deficits
   • Chronic psychological disorders

3. Patients with silent myocardial infarction.

4. Patients younger than 18 years.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Who receives intervention i.e. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Treatment:

Other: Acceptance and commitment therapy

Waitlist Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Who would receive intervention after study completion

Treatment:

Other: Acceptance and commitment therapy