Characteristics of Dispositional Mindfulness in Patients with Severe Cardiac Disease.
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Sybil L. Crawford, James Carmody, Lawrence S. Rosenthal, Ira S. Ockene
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine October 1, 2011 DOI: 10.1177/2156587211405525 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, naive to mindfulness training |
| Measures | Five Facets of Mindfulness, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Higher dispositional mindfulness was associated with lower anxiety (β = -1.10, CI: -1.71, -0.49) and no history of depression (β = -7.95, CI: -14.31, -1.6) in univariate analyses. No associations were observed with disease severity or other covariates. The authors conclude that psychological factors, not disease severity, appear linked to dispositional mindfulness in this population. |
Abstract
The characteristics of dispositional mindfulness have rarely been explored in unhealthy populations. We sought to evaluate its association(s) with psychological morbidity and disease severity in 30 outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators naïve to mindfulness training. We 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.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
Citations in the library
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- Mindfulness-based emotional regulation for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A randomized pilot study of efficacy, applicability, and safety Cardiology Journal September 7, 2021
- Mindfulness may both moderate and mediate the effect of physical fitness on cardiovascular responses to stress: a speculative hypothesis. Frontiers in Physiology March 25, 2014
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