Evaluation of Immediate and Medium-term Health- and Work-related Effects Following Inpatient Psychocardiological Rehabilitation (EvalPsyKard)

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychiatric Disorder; Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychocardiological Rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05480709

0005 Evaluation PsyKard

Details and patient eligibility

About

Since May 2019, psychocardiological rehabilitation has been carried out at the Rehabilitation Center Felbring (RFE) in the form of a pilot project. The background is the mutual relationship of psychological and physical morbidity, which is of particular importance in cardiological rehabilitation. The present outcome evaluation study is designed as a quantitative longitudinal study with 4 repeated measures, in which at least 75 rehabilitation patients will be included. Three assessments are conducted at admission and discharge to/from inpatient rehabilitation, and an additional survey will be conducted by mail 6 months after the end of rehabilitation. Effects that become apparent as a result of rehabilitation will be recorded from a patient-centered perspective by means of "patient-reported outcomes". In this way, primarily psychological and work-related changes, but also changes in the physical quality of life are to be mapped, which can be determined immediately after completion of rehabilitation and continue in the medium term up to 6 months later.

Enrollment: 119 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Cardiovascular disease and increased psychological distress due to one of the following mental health diagnoses (according to ICD-10):

• Depressive Episode
• Recurrent depressive disorder
• Phobic disorders
• Anxiety disorders (incl. panic disorder)
• Acute stress reaction
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Adjustment disorders
• Other reactions to severe stress
• Psychological or behavioral factors that play a significant role in the etiology of physical illnesses

Exclusion criteria

• Acute danger to self or others
• Acute mental disorders, the extent and/or instability of which does not allow participation in rehabilitation
• High degree of neurocognitive deficits
• Highly degraded communication skills