Exploring Knowledge Attitudes and Practice Associated with Meditation Among Tertiary Health Care Workers

Nurses at Tata Memorial Hospital who regularly face trauma, suffering, and high workloads experience occupational exhaustion, which can harm patient care and their own health. A survey-based study of 201 nurses assessed their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding meditation, as well as perceived stress and trait mindfulness. The study also explored factors linked to interest in an online meditation program and aimed to determine whether meditation is feasible, acceptable, and effective for reducing stress and suffering. The authors propose meditation-based stress reduction as a potential holistic intervention for calming awareness, emotional regulation, and positive thinking.

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Abstract

Occupational suffering exhaustion related to stress in the workplace is experienced by nurses who are regularly confronted with trauma, suffering, and high workloads. suffer exhaustion can negatively impact patient care and have detrimental effects on nurses’ physical and mental health. Meditation-based stress decrease programs have been researched as a potential holistic intervention for reducing stress and burnout in nurses through calming present awareness, emotional regulation, and positive thinking. Aim: 1. To explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with meditation among the Tata memorial hospital Nurses and investigate the relationship between perceived stress, trait mindfulness, and meditation. Factors associated with interest to participate in an online meditation program were also explored. 2. To determine whether meditation is feasible, acceptable and effective to decrease stress, and suffering trauma. Methods: A survey-based cross-sectional study of201 Nurses staff, in Tata memorial hospital, assessed knowledge of meditation, attitudes toward meditation using the Determine the Meditation Practice Inventory (DMPI), and meditation experience.