Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses (PRoNMBSR)

Effect of Mindfulness Based Stres Reduction Intervention on Psychological Resilience of Child Nurses: Randomized Controlled Trial

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Behavior, Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 29
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • İzmir, Turkey, 35100
    • Ege University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 54 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; Mindfulness Based Intervention in pediatric nurses components was applied to this group.	Other: Mindfulness Based Interventions in Pediatric Nurses; This intervention are structured mindfulness program including meditation and breathing techniques .
No Intervention: Control group; No procedure was conducted the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Stress Level	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.	For 9 weeks
Psychological Resilience Level	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.	For 9 weeks
Empathy Level	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.	For 9 weeks
Self Compassion Level	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.	For 9 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ege University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 20, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 28, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): January 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): November 7, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 7, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2022
• Last Verified: November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Mindfulness; Psychological Resilience; Pediatric Nurse
• Other Study ID Numbers: 69631334-300

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No