Evaluation of the effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion program to reduce stress and prevent burnout in Primary Care health professionals

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Program on the levels of stress and burnout in Primary Care health professionals.

DESIGN: Randomised, controlled clinical trial.

PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Training in Mindfulness was offered to 1,281 health professionals in Navarra (Spain) Primary Care, and 48 of them accepted. The participants were randomly assigned to groups: 25 to the intervention group, and the remaining 23 to the control group.

INTERVENTION: The Mindfulness and Self-Compassion training program consisted of sessions of 2.5chours/week for 8 weeks. The participants had to attend at least 75% of the sessions and perform a daily practical of 45minutes.

MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The levels of mindfulness, self-compassion, perceived stress, and burnout were measured using four questionnaires before and after the intervention.

RESULTS: After the intervention, the scores of the intervention group improved significantly in mindfulness (P<.001); perceived stress (P<.001); self-compassion: self-kindness P<.001, shared humanity P=.004, mindfulness P=.001; and burnout: emotional fatigue (P=.046). The comparison with the control group showed significant differences in mindfulness (P<.001), perceived stress (P<.001), self-kindness (P<.001) and emotional fatigue (P=.032).

CONCLUSIONS: This work suggests that it may be beneficial to encourage mindfulness and self-compassion practices in the health environment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Atencion primaria - 50(2018), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 141-150

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Evaluación de la efectividad de un programa de mindfulness y autocompasión para reducir el estrés y prevenir el burnout en profesionales sanitarios de atención primaria

Beteiligte Personen:

Aranda Auserón, Gloria [VerfasserIn]
Elcuaz Viscarret, M Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Fuertes Goñi, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Güeto Rubio, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Pascual Pascual, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Sainz de Murieta García de Galdeano, Enrique [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atención primaria
Autocompasión
Burnout
Estrés
Health professionals
Journal Article
Mindfulness
Primary care
Profesionales sanitarios
Randomized Controlled Trial
Self-compassion
Stress

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Date Completed 05.09.2019

Date Revised 21.11.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aprim.2017.03.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273081918