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ArticleJournal of family & community medicine

Brief tele-mindfulness-based intervention: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Amani M AlQarni, Abdulaziz Elfaki, Moataza M Abdel Wahab, Yasser Aljehani, Auday A Alkhunaizi, Johnson Alex, Sharifa A Othman, Fatma H Amer, Faisal A Alghamdi, Khalid A Alissa

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Article in Journal of family & community medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mindfulness-Based Programmes for Work Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025
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  6. Lessons in leadership: Developing a longitudinal evidence-based teaching curriculum on professionalism in healthcare.Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Amani M AlQarniDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz ElfakiDepartment of Psychiatry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Moataza M Abdel WahabDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Yasser AljehaniDepartment of Surgery, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Auday A AlkhunaiziDepartment of Emergency, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
Johnson AlexSchool of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Heritage (PPSH) Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth Kochi, Kerala, India.
Sharifa A OthmanDepartment of Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Fatma H AmerDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal A AlghamdiCollege of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid A AlissaCollege of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Hospital of the University · SAQatif Central Hospital · SACreative Commons · USImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus 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

methodsA 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.

resultsThe 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%) (

conclusionBoth 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.

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Brief mindfulness-based interventionpsychological well-being and resiliencestate and trait anxiety

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PMID37675210
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