Spiritual well-being may buffer psychological distress in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD)
Authors
Salmoirago Blotcher, ElenaCrawford, Sybil L.
Tran, Chau
Goldberg, Robert J.
Rosenthal, Lawrence S.
Ockene, Ira S.
Student Authors
Chau TranUMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
School of Medicine
Document Type
PreprintPublication Date
2012-10-01Keywords
Defibrillators, ImplantableMind-Body Therapies
Spirituality
prevention
spirituality
cardioverter defibrillators
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychology
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Psychological distress is common in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and has been associated with a worse prognosis. The authors examined whether spiritual well-being is associated with reduced psychological distress in patients with ICDs. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Wellbeing (FACIT-SWB) questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to measure spiritual well-being and overall psychological distress. Multivariate linear regression was used to explore the relationship between these variables. The study sample included 46 ICD outpatients (32 M, 14 F; age range 43-83). An inverse association between HADS and FACIT-SWB scores was found, persisting after adjustment for demographics, anxiety/depression, medications, therapist support, and functional status (F = 0.001; β= -0.31, CI: -0.44, -0.19). In conclusion, spiritual well-being was independently associated with lower psychological distress in ICD outpatients. Spiritual well-being could act as a protective factor against psychological distress in these high-risk patients.Source
J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2012 Oct 1;17(3):148-154. doi:10.1177/2156587212447627. Link to article on publisher's websiteDOI
10.1177/2156587212447627Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26401PubMed ID
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10.1177/2156587212447627