Journal of Holistic Nursing
August 7, 2026
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Anas Shorfat, Issa Hweidi et al.
Purpose To evaluate the short-term effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention delivered during hemodialysis on trait mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, and kidney disease-related quality of life (QOL) in adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Design Cluster-randomized, parallel-group, pretest–posttest trial. Methods Adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis...
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
2026
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Luay Abusaif, Maryam Alharrasi et al.
Clinical nurses face notable chronic stress due to work-related stressors, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to somatic symptoms and low-grade inflammation. Mindfulness meditation has shown promise in reducing stress and improving health outcomes, but its effects on somatic symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers in nurses remain underexplored. To assess the impact of mindfulness...
Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association
March 17, 2025
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Luay Abusaif, Maryam Alharrasi et al.
2 citations
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of mHealth-based mindfulness intervention on trait mindfulness, stress, anxiety, and depression among Registered Nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 in Jordan. Method: Using a pretest-posttest parallel controlled design, 102 nurses from the King Abdullah University Hospital were randomly assigned into experimental (n = 51) and control (n =...
International Journal of Nursing Practice
December 1, 2024
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Ishraq A. Najadat, Issa M. Hweidi
The study's purpose was to examine the effect of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on physical and psychological symptoms in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Jordan. A repeated-measure randomized control study was conducted in a haemodialysis unit in Jordan between April 2023 and July 2023. Participants (N = 61) were selected using convenience sampling and then randomly...
Worldviews on evidence-based nursing
February 1, 2024
Aida M Alfurjani, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri, Jehad A. Rababah et al.
12 citations
Nurses experience various health-related issues due to the nature of their work. This study aimed to examine the effect of a mindfulness-based intervention on stress overload, depression and mindfulness among nurses. A secondary objective was to examine the role of the setting (i.e., in and out of the hospital as a natural setting) on mindfulness-based intervention effectiveness. A randomized...
SAGE Open Medicine
2024
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Ishraq A. Najadat, Issa M. Hweidi et al.
7 citations
Background and aim: Mindfulness meditation has been inadequately used in patients with end-stage renal disease although it has been effective in reducing pro-inflammatory biomarkers in patients with chronic illnesses. Thus, this study examined mindfulness meditation effect on pro-inflammatory biomarkers and C-reactive protein in patients with end-stage renal disease. Materials and methods: =...
International Journal of Nursing Science
March 1, 2022
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Sami M. Alshammari, Jehad A. Rababah
Objective This study aimed to examine the effects of mindfulness meditation on trait mindfulness, perceived stress, emotion regulation, and quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods An experimental study with repeated measures design was conducted among a sample of 74 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis between January and May 2021...
Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2022
Hossam Alhawatmeh, Mohammad J Rababa, Mahmoud A. Alfaqih et al.
Purpose Mindfulness meditation was used to reduce stress and its responses such as cortisol and C-reactive protein (CRP) among healthy and ill individuals in various cultures, but its effect has not yet been studied among nursing students, experiencing tremendous stress. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of mindfulness meditation on trait mindfulness, perceived stress,...