Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors' Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills.
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- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on empathy: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Lonelier people feel less empathic despite intact neural empathy responses after meditation training.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Trial
- Positive intervention effect of mobile health application based on mindfulness and social support theory on postpartum depression symptoms of puerperae.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- The effect of loving-kindness meditation on employees' mindfulness, affect, altruism and knowledge hiding.BMC psychology · 2022Trial
- Focused-Attention Meditation Improves Flow, Communication Skills, and Safety Attitudes of Surgeons.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Doctors' Mindfulness, Patient Safety Culture, Patient Safety Competency and Adverse Event.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- The impact of reflective practice on the development of nursing undergraduate students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- What's the role of kindness in the healthcare context? A scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Improving general practitioners' approaches to functional somatic syndromes: a pilot training program with a focus on compassion and communication.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Reducing healthcare burnout through meditation: benefits and challenges.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
- Mindfulness and AI adoption: extending the technology acceptance model for Chinese media students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Effects of meditation on health promoting protective factors of persons with cardiovascular disease-a quasi-experimental pilot study with pre-post comparison.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2024Article
- Mindfulness training in healthcare professions: A scoping review of systematic reviews.Medical education · 2024Article
- The effects of loving-kindness meditation on doctors' communication anxiety, trust, calling and defensive medicine practice.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on the well-being of healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.General psychiatry · 2024Article
- Progressive muscle relaxation in pandemic times: bolstering medical student resilience through IPRMP and Gagne's model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The mediating effect of personality on mental workload and perceived professional benefits of nurses in East China.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- The effects of short video app-guided loving-kindness meditation on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2023Article
- The chain mediating effect of empathy and communication ability on emotional intelligence and caring ability of nursing students.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIn the context of increasing doctor-patient tensions in China, the objective of this study was to explore and examine the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on doctors' mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills.
methodsA total of 106 doctors were recruited from a hospital in China, and randomly divided into an LKM training group (n = 53) and waiting control group (n = 53). The LKM training group received 8 weeks of LKM training intervention, whereas the control group received no intervention. Three major variables (mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills) were measured before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the LKM training intervention.
resultsThe empathy and communication skills of the LKM group were significantly improved compared with those of the control group, but the level of mindfulness did not significantly change.
conclusionsThe results suggested that LKM may contribute to improving physicians' empathy and communication skills. However, the mechanisms that underlie the effects of the LKM on mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills and other psychological constructs needs further elucidation.
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