Introduction Australia's aged care sector faces mounting pressures driven by an ageing population, increasing care complexity, and persistent workforce shortages. Burnout among residential aged care staff is a critical issue influencing retention, care quality, and staff wellbeing. Despite evidence supporting mindfulness-based interventions in healthcare, their uptake in Residential Aged Care...
Abstract Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) can improve stress, resiliency, and burnout in healthcare providers but physiological outcomes are unknown. Thus, this study evaluated the effects of MIM on respiration rate (RR), heart rate (HR), and heart rate variability (HRV). Nineteen healthcare providers wore chest strap electrocardiography (ECG) devices and remained still and seated while data were...
Healthcare 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...
Health care providers (HCP) experience high stress and burnout rates. Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBI) with biofeedback may help improve resiliency but require further research. Aims were to evaluate changes in sleep patterns, nocturnal physiology, stress, mood disturbances, and perceived experience with biofeedback during the Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) intervention. Data from 66 HCP were...
Abstract The purpose was to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness in Motion (MIM), a Mindfulness Based Intervention, on respiration rate, heart rate, and heart rate variability (HRV). Healthcare providers wore chest strap electrocardiography-based (ECG) devices during MIM sessions (n = 84). Data were collected during the following mindfulness-based segments: 5-minute quiet sitting to reflect on...
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is a workplace resilience-building intervention that has shown reductions in perceived stress and burnout, as well as increased resilience and work engagement in health care workers. To evaluate effects of MIM delivered in a synchronous virtual format on self-reported respiratory rates (RR), as well as perceived stress and resiliency of health care workers. Breath...