AUTHOR=Shan Qu , Xinxin Shi , Zhijuan Xie , Rongjing Ding , Minjie Zheng 

TITLE=Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Depression, Illness Perception, and Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.830363

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2022.830363

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>AF Patients with depression resulted in a markedly reduced quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL).</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>It was A longitudinal randomized controlled trial with a pre and 12-weeks post-test. Ninety persons were randomly assigned to either a CBT group (CBT) (<italic>n</italic> = 45) or a treatment as usual (TAU) group (<italic>n</italic> = 45). The outcome were changes in the HRQoL [12-item Short Form Health Survey, SF12, divided into two domains: the physical component summary (PCS) and the mental component summary (MCS)], changes in psychological distress [Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)], and Illness Perception [Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ)].</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>There were statistically significant differences in score reduction for PHQ-9 (t = 3.186, <italic>P</italic> = 0.002), HAMD (t = 2.611, <italic>P</italic> = 0.011), BIPQ (t = 7.660, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001), and MCS (t = 4.301, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001) between CBT group and TAU group.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>CBT improved HRQoL, Illness Perception and reduced Depressive symptoms in atrial fibrillation.</p></sec>