The impact of mindfulness training on emotional resilience and job engagement among NICU and PICU Saudi and Egyptian nurses: a quasi experimental comparative study.
Frontiers in Psychiatry January 1, 2025 Amal I Khalil, Abeer Esawi, Ebtesam Abdulshakoor et al.
An eight-session Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program improved emotional resilience, job engagement, and mindfulness among NICU and PICU nurses in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Egyptian nurses showed larger gains: mindfulness scores rose from 74.8 to 164.0, engagement from 24.2 to 81.3, and resilience from 13.1 to 36.3. Saudi nurses also improved: mindfulness from 79.7 to 136.5, engagement from 26.1 to 72.6, and resilience from 14.7 to 28.7. High levels across all domains were achieved by 91.7% of Egyptian nurses and 25.0–73.3% of Saudi nurses. The authors argue that flexible delivery can reduce implementation barriers and support culturally adapted mindfulness interventions.