The effects of loving-kindness meditation on doctors' communication anxiety, trust, calling and defensive medicine practice.
Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Kan Wu, Chia-Yih Liu, Wen-Ko Chiou
BioPsychoSocial Medicine May 10, 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s13030-024-00307-7 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Randomized controlled trial Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 94 |
| Population | Doctors from a hospital in China |
| Intervention | Loving-kindness meditation |
| Duration | 8-week intervention |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Keywords | Calling Communication anxiety Defensive medicine practice Loving-kindness meditation Trust |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Loving-kindness meditation significantly increased trust and calling and decreased communication anxiety and defensive medicine practice among doctors. |
Abstract
The study investigated the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on doctors' communication anxiety, trust, calling, and defensive medicine practice. This study recruited 94 doctors from a hospital in China, randomized them to an LKM group (n = 47), and waited for the control group (n = 47). The experimental group accepted an 8-week LKM interference while the waiting for the control group underwent no interference. Researchers measured four major variable factors (communication anxiety, trust, calling, and defensive medicine practice) before and after the LKM intervention. In the experimental group, trust, and calling were significantly higher, and communication anxiety, and defensive medicine practice were significantly lower than in the control group. In the control group, there were no noticeable differences in any of the four variables between the pre-test and post-test. The results of this study demonstrate that LKM may help to improve trust, and calling, and reduce communication anxiety and defensive medicine practice. The finding of LKM's effect extends the understanding of the integrative effects of positive psychology on the decrease of defensive medicine practice. ChiCTR2300074568. Registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR), 9 August, 2023.
Comparable studies
Other randomized controlled trials on anxiety, most cited first.
Citations in the library
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