Obstetrics and GynecologyFebruary 1, 2025Angela N Dao, Yuko M Komesu, Sierra M Jansen et al.3 citations
To investigate whether yoga and meditation added to usual care improves treatment response in women with interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome. This randomized trial compared women with interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome receiving standard care alone (control group) with those receiving standard care plus meditation and yoga (mind-body group). Standard care was defined as...
Objective: To estimate the feasibility of implementing a yoga-based wellness program during training and its influence on burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and mindfulness among obstetrics and gynecology trainees. Methods: We conducted a departmental quality improvement initiative consisting of weekly 1-hour yoga classes conducted during protected education time and nutrition and physical...
Obstetrics and GynecologySeptember 26, 2018Laura E. Fitzmaurice, Brennan D. Peterson, Julia K. Boehm6 citations
PURPOSE: To assess whether a curriculum targeting psychological resilience impacts the burnout, mindfulness and self-compassion of obstetrics and gynecology interns. BACKGROUND: Physician burnout impacts more than half of obstetrician/gynecologists nationwide. One strategy to reduce burnout is to improve individual physicians' resiliency through cognitive and behavioral strategies linked to...
BACKGROUND: Studies have linked improved physician well-being with better patient outcomes. Despite the documentation of growing job dissatisfaction, burnout, and depression among OBGYN residents, few interventions have been studied. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been shown to significantly improve personal well-being and job satisfaction in primary care specialties, but has not...
BACKGROUND: Survival after surgical embolectomy for massive postcesarean pulmonary embolism causing sustained cardiac arrest is rare. CASE: One day after an uneventful cesarean delivery, a woman developed cardiac asystole and apnea due to pulmonary embolism. Femoral-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass performed during continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation allowed a successful embolectomy. Upon...