Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses

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Completed

• Conditions: Behavior, Health
• Interventions: Other: Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses

• Registration Number: NCT05606861
• Lead Sponsor: Ege University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the Mindfulness Stress Reduction Intervention on increasing the psychological resilience of pediatric nurses.

Design: This is a single-center, single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Method:

In the study, the group in which the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Initiative was applied was taken as the experimental (n: 15), the unstructured group (n: 14) in which the stressful life experiences were shared as the control group. Due to the limited number of the research population (N:56), 29 nurses who agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria were included in the study without using the sampling method. This research was conducted with pediatric nurses working in the inpatient units of a children's hospital affiliated to a university in Izmir. Stress reduction training based on mindfulness, including meditation and breathing techniques, was given to the experimental group for 5 weeks. No intervention was applied to the control group.

The primary outcomes of the study were measured using the Perceived Stress Scale, the Self-Compassion Scale, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults.

This study is important because it is the first randomized controlled study on the effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on resilience in nurses in our country.

In addition, the results will contribute to preventing nurses from leaving the profession in the early period, providing more flexibility and therefore safe patient care to the nursing workforce, especially in today's health system where there is a heavy nursing shortage.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-28
• Study Completion: 2019-01-30
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-25
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Working for at least one year in the children's ward,
• Older than 18 years of age,
• The working program must be suitable for the experiment schedule.

Exclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis for a psychiatric disorder,
• Long experience of meditation or yoga.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses	Mindfulness Based Intervention in pediatric nurses components was applied to this group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Level	For 9 weeks	Perceived Stress Scale:The lowest score which can be obtained on the scale is 0, and the highest is 56.Higher total score means higher perceived stress level.
Psychological Resilience Level	For 9 weeks	Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults: The minimum score on the scale is 33, and the maximum is 165. A low score on the scale indicates that the person's psychological resilience level is inadequate.
Empathy Level	For 9 weeks	Interpersonal Reactivity Index: The scale measures different aspects of empathy. For example, the perspective-taking dimension expresses better interpersonal functioning and higher self-esteem, while the empathetic thinking dimension expresses a consistent relationship with social competence or self-esteem.
Self Compassion Level	For 9 weeks	The Self-Compassion Scale consists of 26 Likert type items and six sub-dimensions.A higher total score on the scale indicates a higher level of self-compassion perceived by the participants.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ege University Hospital; 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey