The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on quality of life and anxiety tolerance of heart patients

Cardiovascular diseases are among the chronic diseases. Due to their nature, these types of diseases cause quality of life problems and anxiety in patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on quality of life and anxiety in heart patients.

The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. From the statistical population of cardiac patients referred to Tehran Heart Hospital, 32 people were randomly selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The research questionnaires included the quality of life of the World Health Organization (1996) and Simmons and Gahr (2005). Mindfulness-based stress reduction was applied to the experimental group for ten sessions.

The results of analysis of covariance showed that the post-test scores of quality of life and distress tolerance of heart patients in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group (P≤0.005).

Based on the results, mindfulness-based stress reduction was effective in improving the quality of life and tolerance of heart patients, so it can be used as a complementary therapy along with medical methods to improve psychological status (increase quality of life and tolerance). Distress) patients used cardiovascular.