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The evaluation results of 72 participants are present. All patients would definitively recommend participation in the program to other patients with an ICD without restrictions. The satisfaction with the five different modules of the intervention was very high. The depression as well as the anxious symptomatology in the HADS decreased significantly in the 1 year follow-up but did not exceed the cut-off point of 8. The anxiety and depression symptoms of the partners decreased significantly and exceeded the cut-off point of 8 in the follow-up.