Mindfulness is inversely associated with psychological symptoms in long-term cardiac arrest survivors
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Identifying correlates of psychological symptoms in cardiac arrest (CA) survivors is a major research priority. In this longitudinal survey study, we evaluated associations between mindfulness, baseline psychological symptoms, and 1-year psychological symptoms in long-term CA survivors. We collected demographic and CA characteristics at baseline. At both timepoints, we assessed posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTS) through the PTSD Checklist-5 (PCL-5) and depression and anxiety symptoms through the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4). At follow-up, we assessed mindfulness through the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R). We used adjusted linear regression to predict 1-year PCL-5 and PHQ-4 scores, with particular consideration of the CAMS-R as a cross-sectional correlate of outcome. We included 129 CA survivors (mean age: 52 years, 52% male, 98% white). At 1-year follow-up, in adjusted models, CAMS-R (β: -0.35, p < 0.001) and baseline PCL-5 scores (β: 0.56, p < 0.001) were associated with 1-year PCL-5 scores. CAMS-R (β: -0.34, p < 0.001) and baseline PHQ-4 scores were associated with 1-year PHQ-4 scores (β: 0.37, p < 0.001). In conclusion, mindfulness was inversely associated with psychological symptoms in long-term CA survivors. Future studies should examine the longitudinal relationship of mindfulness and psychological symptoms after CA.
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In an earlier analysis of this sample, higher mindfulness correlated with less emotional distress.
“Indeed, in a previous analysis of the present sample, greater mindfulness was associated with lower emotional distress (Presciutti et al., 2022b).”
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- Authors
- Presciutti, A., Greenberg, J., Lester, E., Newman, M. M., Elmer, J., Shaffer, J. A., Vranceanu, A.-M., & Perman, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Nexford University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Corresponding author
- Presciutti, Alex
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2022-02-14
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 643-648
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- PMC
- PMC8853140
- OpenAlex
- W4213250192
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 0.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- national center for advancing translational sciences (TL1 TR002533)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Keywords
- mindfulness, cardiac arrest survivors, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, anxiety, psychological symptoms, long-term outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Heart Arrest, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Survivors, Mindfulness
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