Investigating the impact of modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on occupational burnout and other mental health status among nonmedical staff in a hospital: a randomized controlled trial

Organizational and Individual Interventions for Managing Work-Related Stress in Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic Review

“…Among interventions focused on the individual level using CBT or other psychotherapeutic approaches, our findings confirm the effectiveness of mindfulness techniques in reducing work-related stress [46,54,59,60], which was already shown in healthy adults and children [69,70]. Specific features of mindfulness can be beneficial for preventing stress in the workplace: it can be easily practiced after a short training and it does not require particular tools nor settings, and it is usually well accepted by participants.…”

“…Tools for assessing quality of life included the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) [51,52], Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) [46,49], EuroQol (EQ-5D) [45], General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) [57], and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) [46] (Table 4). Studies [46,54,59,60] confirm that mindfulness-based interventions are effective in the short-term in reducing levels of burn-out, stress, and anxiety and in improving quality of life. However, longitudinal studies-such as those by dos Santos et al and by Haghighinejad et al [46,60]-showed that the effect was not sustained at two/three months of follow-up.…”

“…Studies [46,54,59,60] confirm that mindfulness-based interventions are effective in the short-term in reducing levels of burn-out, stress, and anxiety and in improving quality of life. However, longitudinal studies-such as those by dos Santos et al and by Haghighinejad et al [46,60]-showed that the effect was not sustained at two/three months of follow-up. Furthermore, in two RCTs [45,51] group stress management programs were not effective in reducing the levels of burnout and work-related stress compared to the control group.…”

“…Studies were carried out mainly in the USA and Spain, with sample sizes ranging from 13 participants in the study by dos Santos et al [46] to 105 healthcare workers in Montaner et al [49]. Included participants were mainly nurses (N = 8 studies) [44,45,48,51,53,[56][57][58], other healthcare workers (N = 4 studies) [49,57,59,60], physicians (N = 3 studies) [49,54,57], and trainees in healthcare professions (N = 2 studies) [48,51]. Interventions provided to participants included a cognitive-behavioural component, ranging from mindfulness-based programmes [45,46,54,59,60] to informative interventions [48,51].…”

“…Many different assessment tools have been adopted for evaluating the levels of burn-out and stress reported by professionals, including the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) [45,46,48,49], Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) [46,48,54], Depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) [51,60], Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) [60], Distress Thermometer Assessment (DTA) [45], The World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) [45], and Work Stress Scale (WSS) [46]. Tools for assessing quality of life included the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) [51,52], Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) [46,49], EuroQol (EQ-5D) [45], General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) [57], and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) [46] (Table 4).…”