Brief Group Therapy in Myocardial Infarction Rehabilitation
Three- to Four-Year Follow-Up of a Controlled Trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19304201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard H Rahe (Fundación Juan March), Harold Ward (Fundación Juan March), Harold W Ward, Vicki Hayes (Fundación Juan March) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-242 |
| Publication date | 1979-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00006842-197905000-00006 |
| PMID | 314119 |
| OpenAlex | W2323848547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
A trial of brief group therapy as part of a rehabilitation program for postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients was carried out. Forty-four patients surviving their first MI were randomly allocated to either group therapy or control group status and were followed over 4 years. An additional group of 17 patients were referred for post-MI group therapy sessions after the termination of the controlled experiment and were followed for 3 years. Patients who received group therapy had significantly less follow-up coronary morbidity and mortality, and returned to work at significant higher percentages than control patients. Although neither group therapy nor control group patients meaningfully altered conventional coronary risk factors, group therapy patients (in the controlled trial) successfully altered selected coronary-prone behaviors. Educational information regarding the physiological and psychological aspects of coronary heart disease, presented in the group therapy sessions, was forgotten over follow-up. It is concluded that the supportive aspects of the group therapy experience played the most important role in determining the rehabilitation advantages seen for treatment patients
Coronary heart disease · Group psychotherapy · Myocardial infarction · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Randomized controlled trial · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Music Therapy and Health · Rehabilitation · Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2004 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |