Current status and correlation between mindfulness and self-perceived burden in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Abstract

Objective To investigate the current status of self-perceived burden and mindfulness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and to explore the effect of mindfulness on patients' self-perceived burden. Methods From October 2016 to April 2017, a total of 276 patients with COPD were selected from a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital in Harbin by convenience sampling. The general information questionnaire, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) , Self-Perceived Burden Scale (SPBS) were used to investigate the patients. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the effect of mindfulness on self-perceived burden. Results The score of self-perceived burden of COPD patients was (33.34±6.54) with a medium level. The score of mindfulness was (129.87±25.78) . Pearson correlation showed the scores of dimensions and the total score of mindfulness except for the dimension of observation among COPD patients were negatively correlated with the self-perceived burden (P<0.05) . Multiple linear regression revealed that three dimensions, mindfulness description, mindfulness action and no judging, entered the regression equation which were the influencing factors of self-perceived burden (P<0.05) . Conclusions COPD patients commonly have self-perceived burden with different degrees which influenced by mindfulness. Health care providers could improve patients' mindfulness by reasonable intervention so as to reduce their self-perceived burden. Key words: Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Self-perceived burden; Mindfulness