Mindfulness Training in Nurses and Its Effect on Work Stress

The Effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Educatıon on Perceived Work Stress in Nurses

The aim of the study, which was planned in the experimental design type, was to determine the effect of the mindfulness-based stress reduction training on nurses' job stress. The sample of the study consisted of 70 nurses (35 in the experimental group, 35 in the control group) working in a university hospital in Çanakkale. The mindfulness-based stress reduction training was carried out as a group, once a week, for 8 weeks in total.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nursing Caries; Consciousness, Level Altered
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Conscious Awareness-Based Educatıon; Behavioral: Stress coping training

Detailed Description

One of the most important problems of nurses in Turkey is the stress they experience at work. This stress experienced in the workplace is accompanied by consequences such as depression, anxiety, and decreased job satisfaction. Therefore, it is clear that addressing the stress associated with the nursing profession is an urgent problem. The aim of the study, which was planned in the experimental design type, was to determine the effect of the mindfulness-based stress reduction training on nurses' job stress. The sample of the study consisted of 70 nurses (35 in the experimental group, 35 in the control group) working in a university hospital in Çanakkale. The mindfulness-based stress reduction training was carried out as a group, once a week, for 8 weeks in total. The Personal Information Form, the Job Stress Scale, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and the Rosenbaum's Learned Resourcefulness Scale were used for data collection. A total of three follow-ups were conducted to the nurses before the training, at the end of the training, and 3 months after the training. Descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, Independent Samples T-test, Dependent Samples T-test, and one-way analysis of variance were used in the analysis of the research data.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Çanakkale, Turkey, 17000
    • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Universty Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working as a nurse in the relevant health practice and research hospital
• Not having participated in any mindfulness-based training program before

Exclusion Criteria:

• Working as an executive nurse
• Not attending any session of the 8-week training

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: The Effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Educatıon on Perceived Work Stress in Nurses; mindfulness-based education	Behavioral: Conscious Awareness-Based Educatıon; The effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Education on nurses
Placebo Comparator: The effect of stress coping training on nurses; stress coping training	Behavioral: Stress coping training; The effect of stress coping training on nurses

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Educatıon on Perceived Work Stress in Nurses	the Job Stress Scale (The maximum score that can be taken from the scale is 50, the minimum score is 10, and less than 12 points indicates a low-stress situation, between 12-30 points a stressful situation, and above 30 points a high-stress situation)	8 week
The Effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Education on Awareness in Nurses	the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (The total score that can be obtained from thescale ranges from 0 to 90)	8 week
Learned Resourcefulness Effect of Conscious Awareness-Based Education on Nurses	Rosenbaum's Learned Resourcefulness Scale (A score between a minimum of 36 and a maximum of 180 can be obtained from the scale)	8 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 9, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 25, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): November 9, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 11, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 6, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 8, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 6, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: nurse; awareness; work stress
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurocognitive Disorders; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Stress; Consciousness Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: merveatac

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