Study design
Heart Failure, stress reduction
HEART FAILURE
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was carried out in four parallel and distinct groups. The intervention groups (I-CICCV and I-INC) participated in the 8-week stress reduction program. The control groups (C-CICCV and C-INC) received conventional multidisciplinary care from the Clínica de Insuficiência Cardíaca Coração Valente (CICCV)/UFF and the Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation of the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia (INC), from where patients in the groups were recruited.