Stress Management and Resiliency Training Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

University of California, Davis10 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this pilot study is to use total body PET/CT imaging to examine the relationships between stress, amygdala activation, and arterial wall inflammation in participants before and after participating in a multi-modal stress reduction program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Attack Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Stress Management and Resiliency Training ProgramBEHAVIORAL

This is a multimodal mind-body program designed to teach participants a variety of different strategies to reduce their physiologic stress response.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Concurrently enrolled in an observational study of patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction * Score on PSS-10 of 14 or greater during screening * Willing and able to access the internet to participate in the online SMART Program Exclusion Criteria: * Poorly controlled physical or mental health condition that would likely interfere with the ability to participate in SMART or ability to undergo PET scan * Current daily practice of meditation of 10 minutes or more per day

Locations (1)

University of California Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in amygdala activation

change in radiotracer uptake in the amygdala with FDG-PET imaging from before to after the SMART Program

Time frame: about 10 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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