90
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2011
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2015
Psychodynamic Motivation and Training Program (PMT)
The Psychodynamic Motivation and Training Program (PMT) is a psychodynamic stepped care approach. Depending on the individual needs PMT consists of 3 to 8 sessions of individual psychodynamic psychotherapy. If appropriate session 4 - 8 may be conducted by a nurse. PMT targets the mental and external barriers to improve physical activity by focusing on affects, interpersonal relations and maladaptive self- and other representations. PMT will be offered in addition to +Ex.
Advice in Exercise Training (+Ex)
Advice in Exercise Training consists of one individual session of advice in exercise training based on the results of the spiroergometry.
Treatment as usual (TAU)
Usual care by family doctor, cardiologist
University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
OTHER