The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorGulhane Training and Research Hospital
About this trial
Cancer is a disease that causes the most deaths worldwide and is challenging for patients and caregivers both physically and psychosocially. Physicians and nurses working in oncology clinics perform a demanding profession providing compassionate care and treatment to patients struggling with life-threatening diseases. The emotional cost of caring for patients diagnosed with cancer can lead to compassion fatigue, burnout, and decreased psychological well-being among healthcare professionals. For this reason, this research is planned as a randomized controlled study to examine the effect of Mindfulness meditation practice on compassion fatigue, burnout, and psychological well-being in physicians and nurses working in oncology units.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Actively working in oncology clinics
At least 1 year of working experience in an oncology clinic
Not having a physical/mental/psychological disorder that would prevent participation in the research.
Oncology nurses with a high school, undergraduate, associate or graduate degree in nursing
Disqualifiers
Physicians and nurses who have been diagnosed with a psychological disease in the last two years and are continuing their medical treatment • Physicians and nurses who did not agree to participate in the research
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Mindfulness Meditation
BehavioralMindfulness Meditation application will be implemented online by the researcher in 20-minute group sessions once a week for 8 weeks. Participants will be asked to provide a quiet, ventilated, dimly lit environment for the practice. The researcher will start the application when the participants take their places as they feel comfortable. In the first stage, the researcher will teach physicians and nurses to take deep diaphragmatic breaths through the nose and out through the mouth.
Treatment groups
64 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Mindfulness Meditation GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
compassion fatigue
At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130.
Time frame
up to 8 weeks2
burnout
At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale "Depersonalization" and "Emotional exhaustion" subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the "personal success" subscale score indicates that burnout decreases.
Time frame
up to 8 weeks3
psychological well-being
At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8.
Time frame
up to 8 weeksSecondary outcomes
1
compassion fatigue
Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130.
Time frame
up to 12 weeks2
burnout
Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale "Depersonalization" and "Emotional exhaustion" subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the "personal success" subscale score indicates that burnout decreases.
Time frame
up to 12 weeks3
psychological well-being
Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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