The Mindfulness Intervention as Myocardial Infarction Rehabilitation Additive (MIMIRA) Study (MIMIRA)

November 8, 2017 updated by: Oskar Lundgren, Linkoeping University
The Mindfulness Intervention as Myocardial Infarction Rehabilitation Additive (MIMIRA) study aimed at studying the feasibility and acceptability of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - an 8 week course in meditation and yoga - in patients with a recent coronary artery event and elevated depressive symptoms. To address these questions patients with elevated scores on a depression scale were invited to participate in MBSR, and there evaluation of the course as well as a panel of psychological risk factors and resources was measured.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Depressive symptomatology in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has prognostic importance. Yet, psychological interventions in clinical practice are scarce. Here, we explored the feasibility and acceptability of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in patients with depressive symptoms after a recent coronary event. A second aim was to investigate psychological risk factors and resources among participants.

To address the research questions, depressive symptoms were first measured in a reference population, at 1 and 12 months after a coronary event (myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris), and a cut-off for elevated depressive symptoms were obtained from the median in this group. Thereafter, similar CAD patients with elevated depressive symptoms (above median in the reference group), from the same outpatient clinic, were consecutively invited to an 8-week MBSR program. Serious physical or psychiatric illness that would be an obstacle to participation were exclusion criteria.

Patients who completed the MBSR-course were asked to evaluate its various facets, and completion rate and attendance were feasibility outcomes. Psychological variables were measured before, after the course as well as 12 months later.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Linköping, Sweden, 581 83
        • Linköping University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Recent (within 12 month) first time coronary artery event; defined as a diagnosis of myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris addressed with either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery by-pass graft surgery (CABG).
  2. Depressive symptoms above a score of 8 on the questionnaire centre for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D).
  3. Interest for participation in MBSR.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Major depression or other serious psychiatric illness (such as psychosis or ongoing life crisis).
  2. Severe comorbidities, such as cancer, severe cognitive impairment and alcohol or drug abuse.
  3. Practical hindrances for participation in MBSR.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MBSR participation
Participation in the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course.
An 8-week course in mindfulness meditation, yoga training and weekly group support in the form of weekly 2,5 hour meetings at the hospital.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility
Time Frame: Immediately after the 8-week intervention.
Patient evaluation questionnaire
Immediately after the 8-week intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Depressive Symptoms
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Centre for Epidemiological Studies Scale Depression (CES-D) questionnaire (Radloff)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Anxiety
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale - 7 (GAD-7) questionnaire (Spitzer)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Mindfulness
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) (Baer)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Acceptance
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQII) (Block)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Mastery
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Mastery questionnaire (Pearlin & Shooler)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Self-esteem
Time Frame: Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Self-esteem questionnaire (Rosenberg)
Before, immediately after and 12 months post intervention.
Patients experiences of mindfulness training
Time Frame: Continuously during the 8 week course.
Written journal entries (linguistic content)
Continuously during the 8 week course.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lena LJ Jonasson, M.D. Ph.D., Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 31, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 18, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

November 30, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 6, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 8, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

November 14, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 14, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 8, 2017

Last Verified

November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2013/17/31

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

Individual participant data will be available on reasonable request.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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