Non Cardiac Chest Pain and Benign Palpitations

NCT ID: NCT00623454

Last Updated: 2011-08-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2009-04-30

Brief Summary

All Patients between 18 and 65 years are asked 6 month after investigation for chest pain or palpitation at Cardiological Out-patient Clinic, Molde Hospital, about if they still have symptoms of chest pain or palpitation. If they still have some of the symptoms they are invited to participate in a coping course to learn a better way to deal with their symptoms.

The coping course consist of three sessions of cognitive behaviour therapy.

Conditions

Anxiety/Depression in Cardiological Unit

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Cognitive behaviour therapy

Three hours with cognitive therapy focusing on the chest pain and palpitations.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• investigated for chest pain or palpitation 6 month ago at Cardiological Out-patient Clinic, Molde Hospital
• suffer of chest pain or palpitations

Exclusion Criteria

• do not speak norwegian properly
• mentally retarded
• psychosis last 6 month
• current alcohol or drug misuse

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Egil Jonsbu, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Locations

Cardiological Out-patient Clinic

Molde, Molde, Norway

Countries

Norway

References

Jonsbu E, Dammen T, Morken G, Martinsen EW. Patients with noncardiac chest pain and benign palpitations referred for cardiac outpatient investigation: a 6-month follow-up. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010 Jul-Aug;32(4):406-12. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.03.003. Epub 2010 Apr 13.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 20633745 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

4.2006.1110 (REK)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id