ArticleJournal of genetic counseling2018
Mindfulness Among Genetic Counselors Is Associated with Increased Empathy and Work Engagement and Decreased Burnout and Compassion Fatigue.
Article in Journal of genetic counseling, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03723018 (Me-GC), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Me-GC: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Meditation to Reduce Genetic Counselor Burnout and Genetic Counseling Student Stress
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mindfulness, Compassion, and Self-Compassion Among Health Care Professionals: What's New? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- The effects of mindfulness meditation on burnout in clinical genetic counselors: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.Journal of genetic counseling · 2026Trial
- Contributors to and consequences of burnout among clinical genetic counselors in the United States.Journal of genetic counseling · 2022Trial
- Reduction of Burnout in VA Mental Health Providers: Beyond Self Care.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Examining aspects of job satisfaction associated with burnout and factors related to turnover intention in genetic counselors.Journal of genetic counseling · 2026Article
- The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Burnout in Clinical Genetic Counselors: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Predictors of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in medical oncologists: the role of empathy and dispositional mindfulness.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Harnessing the Neurobiology of Empathy and Compassion to Alleviate Burnout in Neurology.Annals of neurology · 2026Review
- Research methodologies in genetic counseling: Grounded theory.Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
- "Protection for the public, better use of resources and clearer lines": Interviews with genetic counselors and their colleagues on the need for regulation in Quebec.Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
- Human resource management at the intensive care unit: A pragmatic review and future research agenda for building a learning health system.Learning health systems · 2024Article
- The effect of perceived professional benefits on health professionals' job engagement: the role of psychological availability and future perceived professional benefits.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- A scoping review on the relationship between mental wellbeing and medical professionalism.Medical education online · 2023Article
- Clients' and genetic counselors' perceptions of empathy in Japan: A pilot study of simulated consultations of genetic counseling.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Mediating Effect of Empathy between Mindfulness and Self-Leadership in Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Therapeutic role of yoga in neuropsychological disorders.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Results of the Genetic Counselor SARS-CoV-2 Impact Survey from the National Society of Genetic Counselors: Progress and penalty during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of genetic counseling · 2021Article
- Self-Reported Assessment of Empathy and Its Variations in a Sample of Greek Social Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Present-Centered Awareness and Attention, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue in Oncology Health Professionals.Mindfulness · 2021Article
- Self-Oriented Empathy and Compassion Fatigue: The Serial Mediation of Dispositional Mindfulness and Counselor's Self-Efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Genetic counselors experience high rates of compassion fatigue and an elevated risk for burnout, both of which can negatively impact patient care and retention in the profession. In other healthcare professions, mindfulness training has been successfully used to address similar negative psychological sequelae and to bolster empathy, which is the foundation of our counseling work. We aimed to assess associations between mindfulness and key professional variables, including burnout, compassion fatigue, work engagement, and empathy. Data were collected via an anonymous, online survey that included validated measures of mindfulness and these key professional variables. The survey was completed by 441 genetic counselors involved in direct patient care. Half of the respondents (50.1%) reported engaging in yoga, meditation, and/or breathing exercises. Mindfulness was positively correlated with work engagement (r = 0.24, p < 0.001) and empathy (as measured through four subscales: perspective taking (r = 0.15, p = 0.002), empathic concern (r = 0.11, p = 0.03), fantasy (r = - 0.11, p = 0.03) and personal distress (r = - 0.15, p = 0.001)). Mindfulness was negatively correlated with compassion fatigue (r = - 0.48, p < 0.001) and burnout (r = - 0.50, p < 0.001). Given these findings, mindfulness training may be a valuable addition to graduate and continuing education for genetic counselors. The integration of mindfulness into the genetic counseling field will likely improve professional morale and well-being, while promoting workforce retention and bolstering the relational and counseling aspects of our clinical work.
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