A brief mHealth-based psychological intervention in emotion regulation to promote positive subjective well-being in cardiovascular disease patients: A non-randomized controlled trial

The emotional impact that a cardiovascular disease may have on a person’s life can affect the prognosis and comorbidity of the disease. Therefore, emotion regulation is most important for the management of the disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of a brief mHealth psychol...

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Authors: Farhane-Medina, Naima Z., Castillo Mayén, Rosario, Luque Salas, Bárbara, Rubio García, Sebastián J., Gutiérrez Domingo, Tamara, Cuadrado, Esther, Arenas Moreno, Alicia, Tabernero Urbieta, Carmen
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/148397
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/148397
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091640
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Cardiovascular disease
Positive subjective well-being
Emotion regulation
Brief psychological intervention
mHealth
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Summary:The emotional impact that a cardiovascular disease may have on a person’s life can affect the prognosis and comorbidity of the disease. Therefore, emotion regulation is most important for the management of the disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of a brief mHealth psychological intervention in emotion regulation to promote positive subjective well-being in cardiovascular disease patients. The study sample (N = 69, 63.7 ± 11.5 years) was allocated to either the experimental group (n = 34) or control group (n = 35). The intervention consisted of a psychoeducational session in emotion regulation and an mHealth-based intervention for 2 weeks. Positive subjective well-being as a primary outcome and self-efficacy to manage the disease as a secondary outcome were assessed at five time points evaluated over a period of 6 weeks. The experimental group showed higher improvement in positive subjective well-being and self-efficacy for managing the disease compared to the control group over time. The experimental group also improved after the intervention on all outcome measures. Brief mHealth interventions in emotion regulation might be effective for improving positive subjective well-being and self-efficacy to manage the disease in cardiovascular patients.