Mindfulness level and influence factors of military retired patients with chronic diseases
Objective To investigate mindfulness level,self-perceived burden and quality of life of military retired patients with chronic diseases,analyze influence factors of mindfulness level.Methods A questionnaire survey was carried out on 174 retired patients with chronic diseases in a Shanghai army tertiary hospital by self-designed general information questionnaire,commonly used mindfulness and attention perception scale,self-perceived burden scale and quality of life scale with sampling method.The obtained data were analyzed,and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze influence factors of mindfulness.Results Among the 174 retired military patients with chronic diseases,72(41.38%)with high-level mindfulness had an average mindfulness score of(73.03±5.12);99(56.90%)with a moderate-level mindfulness had an average mindfulness score of(55.01±7.93);and 3(1.72%)with a low-level mindfulness had an average mindfulness score of(33.56±6.40).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that educational level and total score of the health scale were influence factors of the mindfulness level in retired military patients with chronic diseases.Conclusion The level of mindfulness needs to be further improved in retired military patients with chronic diseases.Medical staff should pay attention to the health management of patients with chronic diseases,and carry out targeted disease health education and mindfulness cognitive training,so as to improve the quality of life.
Military retirementChronic diseasesMindfulnessQuestionnaire surveyInfluence factors