Mindfulness exercises reduce death anxiety and burnout in intensive care nurses

Xiang-Zi Ji; Jia-Yuan Zhang

doi:10.1080/07481187.2022.2113480

Mindfulness exercises reduce death anxiety and burnout in intensive care nurses

Xiang-Zi Ji, Jia-Yuan Zhang

Death Studies August 25, 2022 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2113480 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Nonrandomized study Peer reviewed
Sample size	66
Population	ICU nurses
Intervention	Mindfulness-based intervention
Duration	8-week intervention
Topics	Anxiety Meditation
Key points	At post-test, ICU nurses who received an 8-week tailored mindfulness-based intervention had significantly lower death anxiety and job burnout than nurses who received no intervention. The authors conclude that mindfulness-based intervention can reduce death anxiety and burnout in ICU nurses.

Abstract

Abstract Intensive care units (ICUs) nurses experience a high level of death anxiety. Interventions that reduce death anxiety are needed. We conducted a nonrandomized study with 66 ICU nurses. The 34 in the intervention group received an 8-week tailored mindfulness-based intervention and the 32 in the control group received no intervention. Both groups completed pre and post-tests of death anxiety and burnout. At post-test, the levels of death anxiety and job burnout in the intervention group were significantly lower than the control group. Mindfulness-based intervention can reduce the death anxiety level and burnout of ICU nurses.

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