Nurse leader mindfulness meditation program for stress management: a randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Debra K Pendergast, Jennifer J. Bortz, Teri Britt Pipe, Vicki L Buchda, Amylou C. Dueck, Jay Summers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Stress management
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Leadership and Management media_common.quotation_subject Nurses Burnout Nursing shortage law.invention Randomized controlled trial Nursing law Humans Stress measures Meditation Program Development Burnout Professional media_common Depression General Medicine Confidence interval Checklist Leadership Psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of nursing administration. 39(3) |
| ISSN: | 1539-0721 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of this study was to rigorously evaluate a brief stress management intervention for nurse leaders. Background Despite the nursing shortage, evidence-based workplace approaches addressing nurse stress have not been well studied. Methods Nurse leaders (n = 33) were randomly assigned to brief mindfulness meditation course (MMC) or leadership course (control). Self-report measures of stress were administered at baseline and within 1 week of course completion. Results Among MMC participants, change scores (from baseline to postintervention) on several subscales of the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised showed significantly more improvement in self-reported stress symptoms relative to controls. Mindfulness meditation course participants had significantly more improvement in Positive Symptom Distress Index (P = 0.010; confidence interval [CI] = -0.483 to -0.073) and Global Severity Index (P = 0.019; CI = -0.475 to -0.046) and nearly significantly more improvement in Positive Symptom Total (P = 0.066; CI = -16.66 to 0.581) compared with controls. Conclusion Results support preliminary effectiveness of a 4-week MMC in reducing self-reported stress symptoms among nursing leaders. |
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