Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2015
A small randomized pilot study of a workplace mindfulness-based intervention for surgical intensive care unit personnel: effects on salivary α-amylase levels.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06433544 (Evaluating the Effects of Online Mindfulness Therapy on Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience Among Nurses in COVID-19 Quarantine Wards), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluating the Effects of Online Mindfulness Therapy on Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience Among Nurses in COVID-19 Quarantine Wards
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
- Investigation of relationship between occupational exposure to aerosol and sleep problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Addressing Health Care Workers' Mental Health: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Current Resources.American journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Individual-level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Only Small Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Biomarker Levels of Inflammation and Stress: A Preregistered Systematic Review and Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Resilience Interventions Conducted in Western and Eastern Countries-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Proactive psychological programs designed to mitigate posttraumatic stress injuries among at-risk workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to Improve Mental Health, Well-Being, Physical Health, and Lifestyle Behaviors in Physicians and Nurses: A Systematic Review.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on employees' mental health: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Compassion Fatigue among Healthcare, Emergency and Community Service Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- Stress management training for managers in small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU-GO): results of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Integrating Chiropractic Care and Tai Chi Training for the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain in Nurses: A Single-Arm Mixed-Methods Pilot Trial.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2024Trial
- The effects of a music and singing intervention during pregnancy on maternal well-being and mother-infant bonding: a randomised, controlled study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Trial
- The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Proactive Resilience Programmes for Improving Resilience and Psychological Adaptation in Employees in High-Risk Occupations: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- General practitioner residents' mental health and satisfaction during their vocational training.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Music-based interventions at workplaces: a scoping review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- Stress and Hypertension Among African American Female Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Protocol for a Pilot Internet-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether a workplace stress-reduction intervention decreases reactivity to stress among personnel exposed to a highly stressful occupational environment.
methodsPersonnel from a surgical intensive care unit were randomized to a stress-reduction intervention or a waitlist control group. The 8-week group mindfulness-based intervention included mindfulness, gentle yoga, and music. Psychological and biological markers of stress were measured 1 week before and 1 week after the intervention.
resultsLevels of salivary α-amylase, an index of sympathetic activation, were significantly decreased between the first and second assessments in the intervention group with no changes in the control group. There was a positive correlation between salivary α-amylase levels and burnout scores.
conclusionsThese data suggest that this type of intervention could decrease not only reactivity to stress but also the risk of burnout.
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