TY - JOUR AU - Pedersen, Susanne S. AU - Spek, Viola AU - Theuns, Dominic AMJ AU - Alings, Marco AU - van der Voort, Pepijn AU - Jordaens, Luc AU - Cuijpers, Pim AU - Denollet, Johan AU - van den Broek, Krista C. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/12/23 TI - Rationale and design of WEBCARE: A randomized, controlled, web-based behavioral intervention trial in cardioverter-defibrillator patients to reduce anxiety and device concerns and enhance quality of life JO - Trials SP - 120 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is generally well accepted, but 25-33% of patients experience clinical levels of anxiety, depression, and impaired quality of life (QoL) following implantation. Few trials in ICD patients have investigated whether behavioral intervention may mitigate the development of these adjustment problems. We present the rationale and study design of the WEB-based distress management program for implantable CAR dioverter dE fibrillator patients (WEBCARE) trial. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-10-120 DO - 10.1186/1745-6215-10-120 ID - Pedersen2009 ER -