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Effects of a Health Advocacy, Counselling, and Activation Programme on Depressive Symptoms in Older Coronary Heart Disease Patients by Marika Salminen; Raimo Isoaho; Tero Vahlberg; Ansa Ojanlatva; Sirkka‐Liisa Kivelä is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

## Abstract ## Objectives To describe the effects of a health advocacy, counselling, and activation programme on depressive symptoms among older coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. ## Methods A randomised, controlled intervention study in Lieto, South‐western Finland. Older (65 years and older) patients with CHD were randomly divided into an intervention group (IG) (__n__ = 116) and a control group (CG) (__n__ = 106). Outcome measures comprised changes in depressive symptoms (Zung Self‐rating Depression Scale, ZSDS). ## Results Depressive symptoms tended to decrease in IG and to increase in CG among men scoring 45 ZSDS sum points or more at baseline. The differences of the changes between IG and CG were significant in favour of IG. No similar changes were found among women. ## Conclusions A health advocacy, counselling, and activation programme aimed to increase knowledge about CHD, social activities, contacts, roles, support, and exercising was effective in reducing depressive symptoms among male CHD patients suffering from a moderate or high amount of depressive symptoms. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Author

Marika Salminen; Raimo Isoaho; Tero Vahlberg; Ansa Ojanlatva; Sirkka‐Liisa Kivelä

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)