The Effect of Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation Program on Job Stress, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Study

Mindfulness has long been an important area of research in clinical psychology, and its use has expanded into organizational settings as evidence grows regarding its positive effects on employees' well-being and work-related outcomes. Nurses, who often work under heavy workload, emotional demands, and stressful conditions in hospital environments, are among the occupational groups that may benefit most from such interventions. High levels of work stress among nurses can negatively influence their psychological, physiological, and social well-being, and can reduce job satisfaction and work performance.

Although previous studies have examined the impact of mindfulness-based programs on outcomes such as stress, burnout, empathy, depressive symptoms, and quality of work life among nurses, the evidence regarding their effects on job satisfaction is limited and inconsistent. Moreover, mindfulness-based interventions have rarely been evaluated in relation to the multidimensional nature of nurses' job performance. There remains a need for well-designed studies that examine how mindfulness training may influence nurses' job-related outcomes more comprehensively.

This study aims to address this gap by evaluating the effects of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on job stress, job satisfaction, and job performance among nurses working in a major public hospital in Isparta, Turkey. The study will employ a randomized controlled design with baseline, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up assessments. Nurses will be randomly allocated to an intervention group, which will participate in the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, or to a control group that will not receive any intervention during the study period.

The intervention includes structured psychoeducational content and mindfulness practices tailored for healthcare professionals, focusing on developing present-moment awareness, improving coping skills, and enhancing emotional balance in demanding clinical environments. By assessing changes across multiple time points, the study aims to provide a more complete understanding of the program's short-term and sustained effects.

The findings are expected to contribute to the literature by offering clearer evidence on whether mindfulness-based programs can improve nurses' job stress and key job-related outcomes, particularly job satisfaction and multidimensional job performance, which have been insufficiently explored in previous research.