Table 4 List of assessment instruments
Outcome | Measurement | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Social support | ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI) | 5-Item scale to assess perceived emotional social support in CHD patients | |
Health Literacy | European health literacy survey (HLS-EU-Q16) | 16 items to assess knowledge, motivation and competences to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information; 3 subscales: health promotion, health treatment and prevention | |
Attachment | Experience in close relationship instrument revised (ECR-RD8) | 8 items on a 7-step match scale with two subscales: attachment-related anxiety and avoidance | |
Resilience | Resilience Scale (RS-13) | 13-item short version to measure the ability of mental resistance | |
Demoralization | Demoralization scale (D-S) | 24-Item questionnaire with 5 subscales: loss of meaning and purpose, dysphoria, disheartenment, helplessness and sense of failure | |
Heart-related fears | Herzangstfragebogen (HAF-17) | 17-Item questionnaire assessing behavior and emotions regarding heart-related symptoms, German adaptation of Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire [44] | |
Angina symptoms | Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) | Assessing in 5 subscales: disease perception, physical limitation, angina frequency, angina stability and treatment satisfaction | |
Medication adherence | Rief Adherence Index (RAI) | Describes frequency of their general past and present behaviors concerning medication intake as a percentage range on a five-stage Likert scale | [49] |
Therapeutic alliance | Working Alliance Inventory—short revised (WAI-SR-P) | Measures the therapeutic alliance between patient and therapist from patient view. We use to measure the alliance with NCM in TC group. 12-items assess 3 subscales: binding, process, goals | |
Physical activity | International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-7) | 7-Item to self-record hours and days of various activities with strenuous or moderate physical activity over7-day period | [52] |
Personality functioning | Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis—Structure Questionnaire short form (OPD-SFK) | 12-Items assessing elements of personality structure | |
Treatment satisfaction | Purpose-designed questions | Questions about overall treatment satisfaction, satisfaction with treatment of heart disease, satisfaction with treatment of distress |