Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Psychological Well-Being
Conditions
Keywords
Mindfulness meditation, compassion fatigue, burnout, psychological well-being, oncology units, health professionals
Brief summary
Cancer is a disease that causes the most deaths worldwide and is challenging for patients and caregivers both physically and psychosocially. Physicians and nurses working in oncology clinics perform a demanding profession providing compassionate care and treatment to patients struggling with life-threatening diseases. The emotional cost of caring for patients diagnosed with cancer can lead to compassion fatigue, burnout, and decreased psychological well-being among healthcare professionals. For this reason, this research is planned as a randomized controlled study to examine the effect of Mindfulness meditation practice on compassion fatigue, burnout, and psychological well-being in physicians and nurses working in oncology units.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation application will be implemented online by the researcher in 20-minute group sessions once a week for 8 weeks. Participants will be asked to provide a quiet, ventilated, dimly lit environment for the practice. The researcher will start the application when the participants take their places as they feel comfortable. In the first stage, the researcher will teach physicians and nurses to take deep diaphragmatic breaths through the nose and out through the mouth.
Sponsors
Gulhane Training and Research Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Actively working in oncology clinics * At least 1 year of working experience in an oncology clinic * Not having a physical/mental/psychological disorder that would prevent participation in the research. * Oncology nurses with a high school, undergraduate, associate or graduate degree in nursing * Physicians and nurses who volunteer to participate in the research will be included in the research sample.
Exclusion criteria
* Physicians and nurses who have been diagnosed with a psychological disease in the last two years and are continuing their medical treatment • Physicians and nurses who did not agree to participate in the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| compassion fatigue | up to 8 weeks | At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130. |
| burnout | up to 8 weeks | At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale Depersonalization and Emotional exhaustion subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the personal success subscale score indicates that burnout decreases. |
| psychological well-being | up to 8 weeks | At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| compassion fatigue | up to 12 weeks | Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130. |
| burnout | up to 12 weeks | Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale Depersonalization and Emotional exhaustion subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the personal success subscale score indicates that burnout decreases. |
| psychological well-being | up to 12 weeks | Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactBugse Yuceer
Outcome results
None listed