Assessment of Virtual Mindfulness-Based Training for Health Care Professionals: Improved Self-Reported Respiration Rates, Perceived Stress, and Resilience.
Global advances in integrative medicine and health January 1, 2023 Justin J Merrigan, Catherine Quatman-Yates, Jacqueline Caputo et al.
A workplace mindfulness intervention called Mindfulness in Motion (MIM), delivered virtually in weekly group sessions, reduced self-reported respiratory rates and perceived stress while increasing resiliency in health care workers. Before sessions, average respiratory rate was 13.24 breaths per minute; after sessions it dropped to 9.69 breaths per minute. Perceived stress scores decreased from 17.52 to 13.52, and resiliency scores rose from 11.30 to 19.29 over eight weeks. The effects on respiratory rate were both acute and cumulative, with significant reductions appearing from week three onward. More research is needed to confirm improved parasympathetic states.