The ACTonHEART study: rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial comparing a brief intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to usual secondary prevention care of coronary heart disease
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This paper outlines the rationale and design of the ACTonHEART study, a randomized controlled trial comparing a brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to usual secondary prevention care for coronary heart disease patients. The study aims to evaluate the efficacy of this group-administered program in modifying cardiovascular risk factors and improving psychological well-being among approximately 168 recruited participants.
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- Chiara A. M. Spatola (IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Gian Mauro Manzoni (University of Milan), Gianluca Castelnuovo (University of Milan), Gabriella Malfatto (IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Mario Facchini (IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Christina L. Goodwin (The Ohio State University), Matteo Baruffi (IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano), Enrico Molinari (IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano)
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- 2014-01-01
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- gold
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- 10.1186/1477-7525-12-22
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- 39
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@article{allodium:11d8fe45655a4305,
title = {The ACTonHEART study: rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial comparing a brief intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to usual secondary prevention care of coronary heart disease},
author = {Chiara A. M. Spatola and Gian Mauro Manzoni and Gianluca Castelnuovo and Gabriella Malfatto and Mario Facchini and Christina L. Goodwin and Matteo Baruffi and Enrico Molinari},
year = {2014},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1186/1477-7525-12-22},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-12-22}
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TY - JOUR TI - The ACTonHEART study: rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial comparing a brief intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to usual secondary prevention care of coronary heart disease AU - Spatola, Chiara A. M. AU - Manzoni, Gian Mauro AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca AU - Malfatto, Gabriella AU - Facchini, Mario AU - Goodwin, Christina L. AU - Baruffi, Matteo AU - Molinari, Enrico PY - 2014 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1186/1477-7525-12-22 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-12-22 ER -
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Spatola, C. A. M., Manzoni, G. M., Castelnuovo, G., Malfatto, G., Facchini, M., Goodwin, C. L., Baruffi, M., & Molinari, E. (2014). The ACTonHEART study: rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial comparing a brief intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to usual secondary prevention care of coronary heart disease. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-12-22
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