Baseline characteristics of patients*
| Overall n=80 | Mobile mindfulness n=31 | Telephone mindfulness n=31 | Education programme n=18 | |||||
| Age, mean (SD), years | 49.5 | (15.1) | 48.7 | (15.3) | 48.1 | (16.1) | 53.3 | (12.6) |
| Female gender, n (%) | 35 | (44) | 12 | (39) | 15 | (48) | 8 | (44) |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||||
| White | 53 | (66) | 23 | (74) | 20 | (65) | 10 | (56) |
| Black | 18 | (23) | 4 | (13) | 9 | (29) | 5 | (28) |
| Asian | 1 | (1) | 1 | (3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 3 | (4) | 1 | (3) | 1 | (3) | 1 | (6) |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 4 | (5) | 2 | (7) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (11) |
| Missing/unknown | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (3) | 0 | (0) |
| Hispanic ethnicity, n (%) | 5 | (6) | 0 | (0) | 4 | (13) | 1 | (6) |
| Missing/unknown | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (3) | 0 | (0) |
| Highest level of education, n (%) | ||||||||
| High school graduate or less | 21 | (26) | 8 | (26) | 8 | (26) | 5 | (28) |
| Trade school or some college | 28 | (35) | 10 | (31) | 11 | (36) | 7 | (39) |
| College degree or higher | 31 | (39) | 13 | (42) | 12 | (39) | 6 | (33) |
| Employment status in month prior to hospitalisation, n (%) | ||||||||
| Working, homemaker or student full-time | 39 | (49) | 14 | (45) | 18 | (58) | 7 | (39) |
| Working part-time | 10 | (13) | 4 | (13) | 3 | (10) | 3 | (17) |
| Unemployed | 5 | (6) | 2 | (7) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (17) |
| Retired | 19 | (24) | 8 | (26) | 7 | (23) | 4 | (22) |
| Disabled | 7 | (9) | 3 | (10) | 3 | (10) | 1 | (6) |
| Caring for children at home, n (%) | 23 | (29) | 6 | (19) | 10 | (32) | 7 | (39) |
| Insurance status, n (%) | ||||||||
| Commercial or other | 43 | (54) | 16 | (52) | 17 | (55) | 10 | (56) |
| Medicare | 17 | (21) | 5 | (16) | 8 | (26) | 4 | (22) |
| Medicaid | 15 | (19) | 8 | (26) | 4 | (13) | 3 | (17) |
| None | 5 | (6) | 2 | (7) | 2 | (7) | 1 | (6) |
| Financial distress, n (%)† | 56 | (70) | 22 | (71) | 20 | (65) | 14 | (78) |
| Chronic medical comorbidities, mean (SD)‡ | 3.1 | (3.3) | 2.7 | (2.7) | 2.9 | (3.3) | 4.2 | (4.3) |
| Treating ICU at time of eligibility, n (%) | ||||||||
| Medicine | 25 | (31) | 10 | (32) | 9 | (29) | 10 | (56) |
| Surgery | 55 | (69) | 21 | (68) | 22 | (71) | 8 | (44) |
| APACHE II score on day of enrolment, mean (SD) | 17.9 | (6.8) | 18.2 | (6.7) | 16.9 | (5.5) | 18.9 | (8.9) |
| Taking at the time of hospital admission, n (%)§ | ||||||||
| Antidepressants | 18 | (23) | 6 | (19) | 7 | (23) | 3 | (17) |
| Anxiolytics | 11 | (14) | 3 | (10) | 5 | (16) | 2 | (11) |
| Other psychiatric medication | 1 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0) | 1 | (6) |
| Narcotics | 12 | (15) | 4 | (13) | 5 | (16) | 3 | (17) |
| Prescribed at the time of hospital discharge, n (%)§ | ||||||||
| Antidepressants | 16 | (20) | 6 | (19) | 5 | (16) | 5 | (28) |
| Anxiolytics | 10 | (13) | 3 | (10) | 4 | (13) | 3 | (17) |
| Other psychiatric medication | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (6) |
| Narcotics | 50 | (63) | 19 | (61) | 21 | (68) | 10 | (56) |
| Treated for psychiatric condition since hospital discharge, n (%) | 16 | (20) | 5 | (16) | 8 | (26) | 3 | (17) |
| If yes, psychiatric condition, n (%)† | ||||||||
| Depression | 7 | (44) | 1 | (20) | 4 | (50) | 2 | (67) |
| Anxiety | 9 | (56) | 2 | (40) | 6 | (75) | 1 | (33) |
| PTSD | 3 | (19) | 2 | (40) | 1 | (13) | 0 | (0) |
| If yes, taking medications, n (%) | 15 | (94) | 4 | (80) | 8 | (100) | 3 | (100) |
| If yes, under care of psychiatrist, psychologist or counsellor, n (%) | 7 | (44) | 3 | (60) | 2 | (25) | 2 | (67) |
*Expanded table in online supplement 2.
†See online supplement section 3 for item wording.17
‡From Charlson-Deyo Index.42
§Multiple responses possible.
APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.