Preliminary Investigation of Workplace-Provided Compressed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Pediatric Medical Social Workers
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Mindfulness practices, including mindfulness meditation, show promise for decreasing stress among health care providers. This exploratory study investigates the feasibility of a two-day compressed mindfulness-based stress reduction (cMBSR) course provided in the hospital workplace with pediatric health care social workers. The standard course of Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR requires a participant commitment to eight weeks of instruction consisting of one 2.5-hour-per-week class, a single day retreat, and 45 minutes of practice for six of seven days each week. Commitments to family, work, caregiving, education, and so on, as well as limitations such as distance, may prevent health care providers from participating in a standard MBSR course. Using t tests, researchers measured the effect of cMBSR on (a) positive and negative experiences in pediatric social work, (b) perceived stress, (c) mindfulness, and (d) caring self-efficacy (as a component of patient- and family-centered care). Results included significant differences between the pre- and post-intervention outcome variables on the Professional Quality of Life Secondary Traumatic Stress subscale, the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale, and the Caring Efficacy Scale. Findings found adequate evidence for the feasibility of cMBSR design and for a need of a more rigorous study of the effects of the cMBSR intervention.
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Two included MBSR programmes were 2 days long and produced significant improvements in stress, mindfulness, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalisation.
“Two MBSR programmes were 2 days in duration and yielded significant improvements for stress, mindfulness, emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation (Schroeder et al. 2016; Trowbridge et al. 2017)”
From The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Psychological Functioning of Healthcare Professionals: a Systematic Review (2021) · cites this paper as Trowbridge et al. 2017
In the 2-day programmes, non-significant findings were reported for stress, burnout, self-compassion, resilience, and personal accomplishment.
“non-significant findings for stress, burnout (Trowbridge et al. 2017), self-compassion, resilience and personal accomplishment (Schroeder et al. 2016) were also reported.”
From The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Psychological Functioning of Healthcare Professionals: a Systematic Review (2021) · cites this paper as Trowbridge et al. 2017
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- Authors
- Trowbridge, K., Mische Lawson, L., Andrews, S., Pecora, J., & Boyd, S.
- Affiliations
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Trowbridge, Kelly
- Venue
- Health & Social Work
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2017-09-08
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 207-214
- ISSN
- 0360-7283 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-6854
- OpenAlex
- W2752169289
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health & Social Work (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based stress reduction, workplace wellness interventions, secondary traumatic stress, professional quality of life, mindfulness, patient- and family-centered care, feasibility
- MeSH terms
- Social Workers, Child, Humans, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Workplace, Mindfulness
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