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Abbreviated Mindfulness Intervention for Job Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Compassion in Primary Care Clinicians: A Pilot Study

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Fortney, L., Luchterhand, C., Zakletskaia, L., Zgierska, A., Rakel, D.·2013·The Annals of Family Medicine

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PURPOSE: Burnout, attrition, and low work satisfaction of primary care physicians are growing concerns and can have a negative influence on health care. Interventions for clinicians that improve work-life balance are few and poorly understood. We undertook this study as a first step in investigating whether an abbreviated mindfulness intervention could increase job satisfaction, quality of life, and compassion among primary care clinicians. METHODS: A total of 30 primary care clinicians participated in an abbreviated mindfulness course. We used a single-sample, pre-post design. At 4 points in time (baseline, and 1 day, 8 weeks, and 9 months postintervention), participants completed a set of online measures assessing burnout, anxiety, stress, resilience, and compassion. We used a linear mixed-effects model analysis to assess changes in outcome measures. RESULTS: Participants had improvements compared with baseline at all 3 follow-up time points. At 9 months postintervention, they had significantly better scores (1) on all Maslach Burnout Inventory burnout subscales-Emotional Exhaustion (P =.009), Depersonalization (P = .005), and Personal Accomplishment (P <.001); (2) on the Depression (P =.001), Anxiety (P =.006), and Stress (P = .002) subscales of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21; and (3) for perceived stress (P = .002) assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale. There were no significant changes on the 14-item Resilience Scale and the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale. CONCLUSIONS: In this uncontrolled pilot study, participating in an abbreviated mindfulness training course adapted for primary care clinicians was associated with reductions in indicators of job burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress. Modified mindfulness training may be a time-efficient tool to help support clinician health and well-being, which may have implications for patient care.

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Authors
Fortney, L., Luchterhand, C., Zakletskaia, L., Zgierska, A., & Rakel, D.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Venue
The Annals of Family Medicine
Published
2013-09-01
Volume
11
Issue
5
Pages
412-420
ISSN
  • 1544-1709 (ISSN-L)
  • 1544-1717
OpenAlex
W2118986302
Cited by
431
References
33
Citations by year
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FWCI
38.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Annals of Family Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (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 interventions, primary care providers, burnout, job satisfaction, quality of life, compassion, depression, anxiety, perceived stress, resilience, clinician well-being, work-life balance
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Burnout, Professional, Empathy, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pilot Projects, Primary Health Care, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Time Factors, Meditation, Resilience, Psychological, Mindfulness

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