Brief Tele-Mindfulness Based Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial

Autor: Amani M. AlQarni, Abdulaziz ElFaki, Moataza M. Abdel Wahab, Yasser AlJehani, Auday A. ALKhunaizi, Johnson Alex, Sharifa A. Othman, Fatma H. Amer, Faisal A. AlGhamdi, Khalid A. Alissa
Rok vydání: 2022
Popis: Background: To enhance psychological wellbeing of health care providers (HCP) who look after patients with COVID-19. This study is a psychological intervention in COVID19 pandemic to check at what extent can interventions based on mindfulness affect psychological resilience and anxiety of HCP. Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial study that was conducted from July to August 2020 at King Fahad Hospital and Qateef Central Hospital in Saudi Arabia. 147 COVID19 frontline HCP were randomized to a 2-week virtual intervention with brief mindfulness-based intervention (BMM) or to progressive muscle relaxation(PMR). Pre and post intervention assessment were done using the (state trait anxiety–20 Item Scale), the (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), and WHO – 5 Well-Being Index. Results: The two groups had significant improvement results in the psychological wellbeing and reduction of the sate anxiety but not the trait anxiety nor the resiliency. Improved cases was higher among group BMM (81.3%) than among group PMR (51.8%), (X2=12.9, p=0.0001), concerning psychological wellbeing. Conclusions: Brief mindfulness-based intervention has improved the psychological wellbeing and reduced the anxiety of frontline health care providers during COVID19 pandemic. Trial registration: Clinicaltrial.gov identifier: NCT04656626 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04656626?cond=Mindfulness&cntry=SA&draw=2&rank=1
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