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- Title
Brief tele-mindfulness-based intervention: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
AlQarni, Amani M.; Elfaki, Abdulaziz; Wahab, Moataza M. Abdel; Aljehani, Yasser; Alkhunaizi, Auday A.; Alex, Johnson; Othman, Sharifa A.; Amer, Fatma H.; Alghamdi, Faisal A.; Alissa, Khalid A.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has proven to be detrimental to the psychological well-being of healthcare providers (HCP). This study was a psychological intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic to check extent to which brief mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) affect psychological well-being, resilience, and anxiety of HCPs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A randomized trial study conducted from July to August 2020. One hundred and forty-seven COVID-19 frontline HCPs were randomized to a 2-week virtual intervention with a brief MBI or a PMR. Pre- and postintervention assessments were done using the State-Trait Anxiety-20-Item Scale, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10, and WHO-5 Well-Being Index. RESULTS: The final sample included 125 HCPs (64 in BMI group and 61 in PMR group) who completed pre- and post-intervention assessment. The results showed a significant improvement in the psychological well-being and reduction of the state anxiety of the two groups, but not in the trait anxiety or resiliency. Improvement was more in the group's brief MBI (81.3%) than in the group's PMR (51.8%) (P = 0.0001), concerning psychological well-being. CONCLUSION: Both the brief MBI and PMR improved the psychological well-being and reduced the anxiety of frontline healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic with a slightly better improvement in the brief MBI.
- Subjects
RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COVID-19 pandemic; PSYCHOTHERAPY; COVID-19; PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being; MINDFULNESS-based cognitive therapy; TELERADIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Family & Community Medicine, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 3, p180
- ISSN
2230-8229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_82_23