Adult Congenital Heart Disease-Coping And REsilience (ACHD-CARE): Rationale and methodology of a pilot randomized controlled trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 385-393

  Kovacs, Adrienne H ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Mimi ^a   Grace, Sherry L ^a,b   Kentner, Amanda C ^c   Nolan, Robert P ^a   Silversides, Candice K ^a   Irvine, M Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Congenital heart disease; Depression; Feasibility; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946842394     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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