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Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention.

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Sherwood, A; O'Connor, CM; Routledge, FS; Hinderliter, AL; Watkins, LL; Babyak, MA; Koch, GG; Adams, KF; Dupree, CS; Chang, PP; Hoffman, BM ...
Published in: J Card Fail
March 2011

BACKGROUND: Coping Effectively with Heart Failure (COPE-HF) is an ongoing randomized clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate if a coping skills training (CST) intervention will result in improved health status and quality of life as well as reduced mortality and hospitalizations compared with a heart failure education (HFE) intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred heart failure (HF) patients recruited from the Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina Hospital system will be randomized to a CST intervention (16 weekly 30-minute telephone counseling sessions including motivational interviewing and individually tailored cognitive behavioral therapy) or to an HFE intervention (16 weekly 30-minute telephone sessions including education and symptom monitoring). Primary outcomes will include postintervention effects on HF biomarkers (B-type natriuretic peptide, ejection fraction) and quality of life, as well as long-term clinical outcomes (hospitalizations and death). Secondary analyses will include an evaluation of treatment effects across subpopulations, and potential mechanisms by which CST may improve clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: COPE-HF is a proof-of-concept study that should provide important insights into the health benefits of a CST intervention designed to enhance HF self-management, improve health behaviors, and reduce psychologic distress.

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J Card Fail

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1532-8414

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

17

Issue

3

Start / End Page

201 / 207

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Self Care
  • Research Design
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate
  • Heart Failure
  • Female
  • Exercise Test
 

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Sherwood, A., O’Connor, C. M., Routledge, F. S., Hinderliter, A. L., Watkins, L. L., Babyak, M. A., … Blumenthal, J. A. (2011). Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention. J Card Fail, 17(3), 201–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.11.001
Sherwood, Andrew, Christopher M. O’Connor, Faye S. Routledge, Alan L. Hinderliter, Lana L. Watkins, Michael A. Babyak, Gary G. Koch, et al. “Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention.J Card Fail 17, no. 3 (March 2011): 201–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.11.001.
Sherwood A, O’Connor CM, Routledge FS, Hinderliter AL, Watkins LL, Babyak MA, et al. Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention. J Card Fail. 2011 Mar;17(3):201–7.
Sherwood, Andrew, et al. “Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention.J Card Fail, vol. 17, no. 3, Mar. 2011, pp. 201–07. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.11.001.
Sherwood A, O’Connor CM, Routledge FS, Hinderliter AL, Watkins LL, Babyak MA, Koch GG, Adams KF, Dupree CS, Chang PP, Hoffman BM, Johnson J, Bowers M, Johnson KS, Blumenthal JA. Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention. J Card Fail. 2011 Mar;17(3):201–207.
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Published In

J Card Fail

DOI

EISSN

1532-8414

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

17

Issue

3

Start / End Page

201 / 207

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Self Care
  • Research Design
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate
  • Heart Failure
  • Female
  • Exercise Test