A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses
ObjectivesHealthcare workers, most notably nursing professionals, face high levels of recurrent stress that lead to symptoms of burnout and other negative mental health outcomes. This indicates the need for greater individual and organizational health system support, including implementation of effe...
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| author | Maryanna Klatt Jacqueline Caputo Julia Tripodo Nimisha Panabakam Slate Bretz Yulia Mulugeta Beth Steinberg |
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| description | ObjectivesHealthcare workers, most notably nursing professionals, face high levels of recurrent stress that lead to symptoms of burnout and other negative mental health outcomes. This indicates the need for greater individual and organizational health system support, including implementation of effective, evidence-based interventions for burnout reduction in this population. Organizationally supported mindfulness-based interventions can be used to build individual resilience, buffering the detrimental effects of occupational stress and enhance professional well-being. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of an evidence-based mindfulness intervention on perceived stress, burnout, resilience, and work engagement in nursing professionals.MethodsA non-randomized single arm, pre/post design was used for this study. Healthcare workers (n = 631), including Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses (n = 128), physicians (n = 105), social workers (n = 21), pharmacists (n = 8), chaplains (n = 30), physician and occupational therapists (n = 39), patient care assistants (n = 13), other clinical staff (n = 26), non-clinical staff (n = 229), and 32 others participated in Mindfulness in Motion, an 8-week evidence-based worksite mindfulness intervention. Validated self-report measures assessing burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale), resilience (Connor Davidson Resiliency Scale), and work engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Score) were given pre and post program. Total burnout was determined by scores on the subscales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: Emotional exhaustion >27 or depersonalization >13 or personal accomplishment <31.ResultsSignificant reductions in burnout (p < 0.00001), perceived stress (p < 0.00001), with significant increases in resilience (p < 0.00001), and work engagement (p < 0.00001) were observed among Registered and Advanced Practice Nurses comparing pre-post measures. Notably, the number of nursing professionals who no longer qualified as burned out was 10% higher than the other participants.ConclusionOur results suggest that nursing professionals could greatly benefit from organizationally supported mindfulness-based interventions such as Mindfulness in Motion and may benefit them most compared to other health system employees. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c88687de2ff410291c88fa903e1d1892025-08-20T01:56:32ZengAIMS PressAIMS Public Health2327-89942025-01-011219110510.3934/publichealth.2025007A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nursesMaryanna Klatt0Jacqueline Caputo1Julia Tripodo2Nimisha Panabakam3Slate Bretz4Yulia Mulugeta5Beth Steinberg6Center for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USACenter for Integrative Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USAObjectivesHealthcare workers, most notably nursing professionals, face high levels of recurrent stress that lead to symptoms of burnout and other negative mental health outcomes. This indicates the need for greater individual and organizational health system support, including implementation of effective, evidence-based interventions for burnout reduction in this population. Organizationally supported mindfulness-based interventions can be used to build individual resilience, buffering the detrimental effects of occupational stress and enhance professional well-being. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of an evidence-based mindfulness intervention on perceived stress, burnout, resilience, and work engagement in nursing professionals.MethodsA non-randomized single arm, pre/post design was used for this study. Healthcare workers (n = 631), including Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses (n = 128), physicians (n = 105), social workers (n = 21), pharmacists (n = 8), chaplains (n = 30), physician and occupational therapists (n = 39), patient care assistants (n = 13), other clinical staff (n = 26), non-clinical staff (n = 229), and 32 others participated in Mindfulness in Motion, an 8-week evidence-based worksite mindfulness intervention. Validated self-report measures assessing burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale), resilience (Connor Davidson Resiliency Scale), and work engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Score) were given pre and post program. Total burnout was determined by scores on the subscales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: Emotional exhaustion >27 or depersonalization >13 or personal accomplishment <31.ResultsSignificant reductions in burnout (p < 0.00001), perceived stress (p < 0.00001), with significant increases in resilience (p < 0.00001), and work engagement (p < 0.00001) were observed among Registered and Advanced Practice Nurses comparing pre-post measures. Notably, the number of nursing professionals who no longer qualified as burned out was 10% higher than the other participants.ConclusionOur results suggest that nursing professionals could greatly benefit from organizationally supported mindfulness-based interventions such as Mindfulness in Motion and may benefit them most compared to other health system employees.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2025007burnoutresiliencemindfulness-based interventionsorganizational interventionshealthcare worker burnout |
| spellingShingle | Maryanna Klatt Jacqueline Caputo Julia Tripodo Nimisha Panabakam Slate Bretz Yulia Mulugeta Beth Steinberg A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses AIMS Public Health burnout resilience mindfulness-based interventions organizational interventions healthcare worker burnout |
| title | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| title_full | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| title_fullStr | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| title_full_unstemmed | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| title_short | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| title_sort | highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses |
| topic | burnout resilience mindfulness-based interventions organizational interventions healthcare worker burnout |
| url | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2025007 |
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