Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Protective positive psychology factors and emotional distress after cardiac arrest
Authors' conclusion
Higher levels of mindfulness, existential well-being, resilient coping, and perceived social support were each associated with less emotional distress.
Study context
- Population
- Cardiac arrest survivors assessed just before discharge from index hospitalization, single academic medical centre, 4/2021–9/2022
- Participants
- 110 survivors
- Outcome
- Associations between positive psychology factors (mindfulness, existential well-being, resilient coping, perceived social support) and emotional distress (posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression symptoms)
- Follow-up
- Just before discharge from the index hospitalization
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Each positive psychology factor independently associated with emotional distress (separate adjusted models), β
−0.20 to −0.42
all p < 0.05
Scored above cut-off for ≥1 emotional distress measure
36.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Protective positive psychology factors and emotional distress after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 18 May 2023. doi:10.
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