Associations between mindfulness and symptom severity among adults living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care January 1, 2025 Tania T Von Visger, Kayla Wardlaw, Chin-Shang Li et al. 6 citations
Community-dwelling adults with COPD who practiced mindfulness reported lower severity of dyspnea and fatigue compared to non-practitioners. Among 339 participants (mean age 53.43 years, 61.28% male, 48.21% White), those knowledgeable about mindfulness (n=315) had significantly lower dyspnea and fatigue, and current practitioners (n=282) showed substantially lower overall symptom severity. Mindfulness level groups differed in depressive symptoms, age, ethnicity, education, and years living with COPD, but not in gender or disease severity. Findings suggest mindfulness-based interventions may benefit symptom management in COPD.