Effect of heartfulness meditation on burnout, emotional wellness, and telomere length in health care professionals

Thimmapuram, Jayaram; Pargament, Robert; Sibliss, Kedesha; Grim, Rod; Risques, Rosana; Toorens, Erik

doi:10.1080/20009666.2016.1270806

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“…This study, recently published in the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, found that participants experienced significant increase in joy, calmness, harmony, tolerance, confidence, sleep quality and other positive attributes. They also experienced significant decrease in anger, stress, anxiety, cynicism, fear, irritability and other negative attributes (Thimmapuram et al, 2017). Heartfulness programs are also being implemented in several schools in the U.S. in Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, North Carolina.…”

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Teaching Math to My Scholars: Inner City Middle School Students

Iyer¹,

Pitts²

2017

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Teaching in an inner city school requires classroom management, resilience, and most importantly strategies to promote learning and growth. There is a constant need for acceleration in student growth in core subjects, especially Math. A blended learning model can be an effective option for schools to personalize learning experiences for students and cater to individual needs for effective learning. Blended learning classes produce statistically better results than their face-to-face, non-hybrid equivalents (U.S. Department of Education, 2010). The purpose of this article is to analyze student demographics as it relates to student performance in an inner city school. As a teacher, you probably need to be one of the most flexible people in the world (Featherstone et al., 1997). Educators need to use learning activities that are both fun and relevant to the students' present body of knowledge to master and comprehend math skills. The authors discuss strategies that can be utilized to enhance and promote student performance and growth. Also, elements of educational methodology based on the author's experience are discussed and its influences on student performance.

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Teaching Math to My Scholars: Inner City Middle School Students

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2017

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“…They also found relative telomere length increased with statistical significance in the younger subset of participants who were in the intervention group. [30] …”

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“…[2,3,27,28] Exposure to chronic stress such as nursing may provoke sustained physiological perceived stress arousal and is associated with shortened telomeres (caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect the chromosomes) and may also affect premature aging. [29,30] …”

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“…[11,12] Over a quarter (28.9%) of all new graduate nurses leave their jobs within the first year, and more than half or 56.4% of the nurses who left had less than two years of service. [13] In a 2017 AHA workplace resilience survey, millennials (age [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] indicated the highest interest (96%) of any generation in workplace resiliency. [14] The amended 2015 Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Standards (CCNE) addressing Nurse Residency Program accreditation require nurse residency programs to incorporate strategies to minimize compassion fatigue in their curriculum.…”

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Longitudinal study of a compassion fatigue resiliency intervention in nurse residents

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Jones

2018

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Nurse residents are at greater risk of compassion fatigue compared to more experienced nurses. The amended 2015 Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Standards of Entry-To-Practice Accreditation of Nurse Residency Programs require that residency programs include approaches to prevent compassion fatigue in their education experiences. This manuscript reports 6-month follow-up results of a longitudinal study in new graduate nurses that evaluated the influence of a four-hour resiliency intervention for compassion fatigue in two hospitals with nurse residency programs within an academic medical center system. We previously reported a statistically significant decrease in mean STS from baseline to 2-months (p < .001). Using a paired t-test, compassion satisfaction (CS) and the two elements of compassion fatigue (CF), secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout (BO), were measured against 6-month post-intervention. Prevalence and changes in mean scores were reported, suggesting that the results found at 2-month follow-up (n = 94) were sustained at 6-month follow-up (n = 34). The mean STS showed a statistically significant decrease from 2-months and 6-months (p < .001). A decrease in BO and mean increase in CS were not statistically significant, but were trending in a positive direction. As theorized, both STS and BO decreased from baseline to 2-months and 6-months after the-intervention, and CS increased. These results indicate that early compassion fatigue resiliency education may be helpful in increasing CS and lowering the symptoms of CF in nurse residents.

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“…What we know so far: 22 A total of 19 studies have examined telomere biology in relation to meditation [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Meditation, Stress Processes, and Telomere Biology

Conklin¹,

Crosswell²,

Saron³

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Both theoretical and empirical work support the notion that meditation training can improve telomere regulation, which may ultimately contribute to healthy aging. Yet, the psychological and biological mechanisms underlying these changes remain underspecified, as do the contexts and boundary conditions in which these changes occur. Here we summarize studies investigating the effects of various meditation-based interventions on telomere biology, making suggestions for future research. We then propose a model describing how meditation training may impact acute and habitual stress responses as pathways to improved cell aging.Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes that cap and protect eukaryotic chromosomes. 1 These dynamic structures are regulated by an intricate system of proteins and other molecular 2 components, including telomerase-an enzyme capable of elongating telomeres. When 3 telomeres become too short, critical cellular events occur, including cell death or states of 4 prolonged senescence and inflammatory output. As such, telomere length (TL) serves as a 5 reliable indicator of many age-related diseases (e.g., dementia and heart disease [1]). Studies of 6 genetics show that telomere biology plays a small but causal role in disease processes: for 7 example, genetic loading for short TL predicts degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular 8 disease, whereas genetic variation for longer telomeres predicts propensity for certain cancers, 9 including glioma [2]. 10Telomeres generally shorten slowly across the lifespan. There is, however, some degree 11 of malleability to this as telomeres tend to shorten more quickly in individuals exposed to long-12 term psychosocial adversity [3], but appear to stabilize or possibly lengthen in individuals 13 engaged in positive lifestyle interventions (e.g., [4]). Meditation training is one such intervention 14 that seems to beneficially affect telomere biology. In a previous theoretical model, we explored 15 the impact of mindfulness meditation on TL [5]. In the decade since this model was published, a 16 small body of research has emerged addressing the relationship between meditation practice and 17 telomere-related outcomes (telomere length, telomerase activity, or telomere-related gene 18 expression). Here, we review this empirical work and offer an updated model, depicted in Figure 19 1, which illustrates how various aspects of meditation training may impact telomeric regulation 20 by influencing acute and habitual stress processes. 21What we know so far: 22 A total of 19 studies have examined telomere biology in relation to meditation [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. 23These studies vary in quality, though many constitute promising pilot studies that warrant 24 replication and extension. Two cross-sectional studies found longer telomeres in experienced 25 meditators compared to meditation-naive controls (n=20 [7*]; n=13 [6], in women only). The 26 remaining 17 studies examined telomere-related outcomes in relation to interve...

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Effect of heartfulness meditation on burnout, emotional wellness, and telomere length in health care professionals

Cited by 80 publications

References 40 publications

Teaching Math to My Scholars: Inner City Middle School Students

Teaching Math to My Scholars: Inner City Middle School Students

Longitudinal study of a compassion fatigue resiliency intervention in nurse residents

Meditation, Stress Processes, and Telomere Biology

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