Nursing research
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Psychosocial nursing therapy following sudden cardiac arrest: impact on two-year survival.
Although psychosocial therapy has been shown to reduce mortality after myocardial infarction, it is unknown whether the benefits of psychosocial therapy on mortality reduction extend to out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest, a main cause of cardiovascular mortality. ⋯ Psychosocial therapy significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular death in sudden cardiac arrest survivors.