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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Attitude Training for Primary Care Staff: A Pilot Study

Division of Psychiatry, Sunderby County Hospital, S-97180, LuleÅ, Sweden, anna.schenstrom{at}telia.com

Sten Rönnberg, PhD

Stockholm University

Owe Bodlund, MD, PhD

Department of Psychiatry at Umeå University, Sweden

This pilot study explores feasibility and outcomes of a newly developed mindfulness-based cognitive attitude training program for health care personnel. The program was designed as an intervention to reduce the negative effects of stress on health care personnel, on both a personal and professional level, as well as to encourage personal well-being and improved management of the caregiver-patient relationship. The study group (n = 52) consisted of individuals from various categories of caregivers within a primary care setting. The study includes pre- and postintervention assessments and a 3-month follow-up assessment of levels of mindfulness (Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale), quality of life (the WHO-5 Well-Being Questionnaire), and perceived stress (two VAS scales). As a group, course participants demonstrated significant positive changes reflected in all assessment scales after completing the course. These positive changes persisted at a 3-month follow-up assessment. The study results indicate the feasibility of this program and a need for continued research with a more powerful study design, possibly supplemented with a qualitative survey.

Key Words: mindfulness • well-being • stress • health care professionals • intervention

Complementary Health Practice Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, 144-152 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1533210106297033


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