Characteristics of Dispositional Mindfulness in Patients With Severe Cardiac Disease
Authors
Salmoirago Blotcher, ElenaCrawford, Sybil L.
Carmody, James F.
Rosenthal, Lawrence S.
Ockene, Ira S.
Student Authors
Elena Salmoirago BlotcherUMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral MedicineDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2011-10-01Keywords
Meditation; Mind-Body Therapies; Stress, Psychological; Anxiety; Depression; Cardiovascular Diseases; Defibrillators, Implantabledispositional mindfulness
cardiovascular disease
implantable cardioverter defibrillators
mindfulness training
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
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The characteristics of dispositional mindfulness have rarely been explored in unhealthy populations. The authors sought to evaluate its association(s) with psychological morbidity and disease severity in 30 outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators who were naïve to mindfulness training. They used the Five Facets of Mindfulness and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to measure dispositional mindfulness and anxiety/depression, respectively. Associations were estimated using linear regression models. Higher dispositional mindfulness was observed in patients with lower anxiety scores (β = -1.10, CI = -1.71, -0.49) and no history of depression (β = -7.95; CI = -14.31, -1.6) by univariate analysis. No associations were observed with disease severity or other covariates. In conclusion, psychological well-being and psychological morbidity, and not disease severity, appear to be associated with dispositional mindfulness in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.Source
J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2011 Oct;16(3):218-225. DOI:10.1177/2156587211405525. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1177/2156587211405525Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/33143PubMed ID
22116792Related Resources
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10.1177/2156587211405525