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A brief mindfulness based intervention for increase in emotional well-being and quality of life in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients: the MindfulHeart randomized controlled trial

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In this study effects of a brief mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention were examined in cardiac patients who had a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). One-hundred-and-fourteen patients (mean age 55 ± 7 years, 18 % women) were randomly assigned to a 4-session mindfulness group intervention or a minimal mindfulness self-help control group that received a booklet containing identical information. Compared to self-help, the group intervention showed larger increases in psychological and social quality of life (p < .05, partial η2 = .04 and .05, respectively). For symptoms of anxiety and depression, and for perceived stress, this effect was evident only in patients younger than 60 years (p < .01, partial η2 = .10 and .15, respectively). These effects were partially or fully mediated by increase in mindfulness. The brief group mindfulness intervention seems beneficial for cardiac PCI patients regarding general psychosocial quality of life, although for specific psychological symptoms, this intervention can be recommended only for nonelderly patients.

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  1. Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Disease (CoRPS), Tilburg University, Postbox 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Ivan Nyklíček & Pim J. Lenders

  2. Department of Medical Psychology, St. Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Suzanne C. Dijksman & Willem A. Fonteijn

  3. Department of Cardiology, St. Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Jacques J. Koolen

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Nyklíček, I., Dijksman, S.C., Lenders, P.J. et al. A brief mindfulness based intervention for increase in emotional well-being and quality of life in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients: the MindfulHeart randomized controlled trial. J Behav Med 37, 135–144 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-012-9475-4

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Keywords

  • Cardiac
  • Mindfulness
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Psychological well-being
  • Quality of life
  • Randomized clinical trial