Protocol for a feasibility randomized trial of a social support intervention plus usual care versus usual care, targeting patients treated for cardiac disease who experience loneliness
Abstract Introduction In patients treated for cardiac disease, loneliness is known to contribute negatively to health behavior, health outcome, and increase risk of cardiac and all-cause mortality. Even so, in health care research, social support interventional studies targeting patients who experie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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Series: | Pilot and Feasibility Studies |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01255-9 |