Passage meditation reduces perceived stress in health professionals: A randomized, controlled trial.
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The authors evaluated an 8-week, 2-hr per week training for physicians, nurses, chaplains, and other health professionals using nonsectarian, spiritually based self-management tools based on passage meditation (E. Easwaran, 1978/1991). Participants were randomized to intervention (n = 27) or waiting list (n = 31). Pretest, posttest, and 8- and 19-week follow-up data were gathered on 8 measures, including perceived stress, burnout, mental health, and psychological well-being. Aggregated across examinations, beneficial treatment effects were observed on stress (p = .0013) and mental health (p = .03). Treatment effects on stress were mediated by adherence to practices (p = .05). Stress reductions remained large at 19 weeks (84% of the pretest standard deviation, p = .006). Evidence suggests this program reduces stress and may enhance mental health.
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- Authors
- Oman, D., Hedberg, J., & Thoresen, C. E.
- Affiliations
- Public Health Institute (US)
- University of Colorado Health (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- ORCID
- Oman, Doug
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 2006-08
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 714-719
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2078015017
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 8.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32 HL07365-21)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- perceived stress, healthcare workers, burnout, mental health, psychological well-being, meditation training, physicians, nurses, chaplains
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Psychological Theory, Stress, Psychological, Meditation, Spirituality
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