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Evid Based Med 8:14 doi:10.1136/ebm.8.1.14
  • Therapeutics

Self management with the Angina Plan reduced anxiety, depression, angina attacks, and use of medication

The Angina Plan (AP) v educational sessions for newly diagnosed angina at 6 months‡

Mean change in score from baseline
Outcomes Angina Plan Educational sessions p Value
‡GTN = glyceryl trinitrate (pills or puffs); HAD = Hospital Anxiety and Depression (0–21 [severe]); SAQ = Seattle Angina Questionnaire (1–100 [better functioning]). All mean score changes favour the Angina Plan and are adjusted for covariates.
HAD Scale anxiety −1.03 0.00 0.052
HAD Scale depression −0.48 0.41 0.013
Angina attacks per week −2.98 −0.41 0.016
Number of GTN per week −4.19 0.59 0.018
SAQ physical limitation 8.42 −1.43 <0.001

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