The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Behavioral and Psychological Variables among Jordanian Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study

urses have high stress and depression levels, poor eating habits, and work-family conflict. All these factors impact nurses and the quality of patient care. Many interventions were used in several studies to improve the behavioral and psychological variables among nurses. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of mindfulness meditation intervention on behavioral and psychological variables (i.e., stress overload, depression, eating behavior, work-family conflict, and mindfulness) among Jordanian nurses. A secondary objective was to examine the role of the setting (i.e., in and out of the hospital as a natural setting) on mindfulness meditation effectiveness. The study used a randomized control trial with three groups’ pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of 195 nurses at a University Hospital. In this study, the following validated measures were used to measure study variables: The Stress Overload Scale (SOS-10), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised (CESD-R), the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-R21), the Work and Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS), and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Results showed that mindfulness meditation significantly decreased stress overload, depression, and work-family conflict and increased mindfulness levels among Jordanian nurses in experimental groups than the control.