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The Effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on Nurse Stress and Burnout, Part II

Joanne Cohen-Katz, Susan D. Wiley, Terry Capuano, Debra M. Baker, Shauna L. Shapiro

Holistic Nursing Practice 2005 DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200501000-00008 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Randomized controlled trial Qualitative Peer reviewed
Population Nurses
Intervention Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Duration 3-month posttreatment follow-up
Topics Meditation
Keywords Burnout Mindfulness-based stress reduction Clinical psychology Stress linguistics
Citations 283
Key findings Treatment group participants reduced scores on 2 of 3 subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory significantly more than wait-list controls, with changes maintained at 3-month posttreatment.

Abstract

This article is the second in a series reporting on research exploring the effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on nurses and describes the quantitative data. The third article describes qualitative data. Treatment group participants reduced scores on 2 of 3 subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory significantly more than wait-list controls; within-group comparisons for both groups pretreatment and posttreatment revealed similar findings. Changes were maintained as long as 3-month posttreatment. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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