Effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Standard Training Program versus an Abbreviated Training Program on Stress in Tutors and Resident Intern Specialists of Family and Community Medicine and Nursing in Spain

Juan Carlos Verdes-Montenegro-Atalaya, Luis Ángel Pérula- de Torres, Norberto Lietor-Villajos, Cruz Bartolomé-Moreno, Herminia Moreno-Martos, Luis Alberto Rodríguez, Teresa Grande-Grande, Rocío Pardo-Hernández, Benito León-del-Barco, Mirian Santamaría-Peláez, Luis A. Mínguez, Josefa González-Santos, Raúl Soto-Cámara, Jerónimo J. González-Bernal and on behalf of the MINDUUDD Collaborative Study Group
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Juan Carlos Verdes-Montenegro-Atalaya: Family and Community Medicine Teaching Department of Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain
Luis Ángel Pérula- de Torres: Multi-Professional Teaching Unit for Family and Community Care of Cordoba, Healthcare District of Cordoba and Guadalquivir, Institute Maimonides Research Institute Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, 14001 Cordoba, Spain
Norberto Lietor-Villajos: Family and Community Medicine Teaching Department of Jaen, 23007 Jaen, Spain
Cruz Bartolomé-Moreno: Family and Community Medicine Teaching Department of Zaragoza Sector 1, 5018 Zaragoza, Spain
Herminia Moreno-Martos: Multi-Professional Teaching Unit for Family and Community Care of Almería, 04009 Almería, Spain
Luis Alberto Rodríguez: Family and Community Medicine Teaching Department of Ponferrada, 24400 León, Spain
Teresa Grande-Grande: Family and Community Medicine Teaching Department of Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain
Rocío Pardo-Hernández: Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Benito León-del-Barco: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Teacher Training College, University of Extremadura, 10071 Caceres, Spain
Mirian Santamaría-Peláez: Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Luis A. Mínguez: Department of Educational Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Josefa González-Santos: Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Raúl Soto-Cámara: Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Jerónimo J. González-Bernal: Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
on behalf of the MINDUUDD Collaborative Study Group: Membership of the MINDUUDD Collaborative Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: Stress is one of the most common problems among healthcare professionals, as they are exposed to potentially stressful and emotionally challenging situations in the workplace. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training programs have been shown to decrease stress. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of an abbreviated 4-weeks MBSR training program in relation to a standard 8-weeks one on the stress levels. A controlled and randomized clinical trial was designed, in which 112 tutors and resident intern specialists in Family and Community Medicine and Nursing of six Spanish National Health System teaching units (TUs) participated. Participants included in the experimental groups (EGs) received a MBRS training program (standard or abbreviated), while control group (CG) participants did not receive any intervention. The stress levels were assessed by the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in three different moments during the study: before, immediately after, and 3 months after the intervention. Adjusted covariance analysis (ANCOVA), using pretest scores as the covariate, showed a significant reduction in stress (F (2,91) = 5.165; p = 0.008; ? 2 = 0.102) in the post-test visit, attributable to the implementation of the standard training program, but without the maintenance of its effects over time. No significant impact of the abbreviated training program on stress levels was observed in the intergroup comparison. A standard 8-weeks MBSR training program aimed at tutors and resident intern specialists in Family and Community Medicine and Nursing produces significant improvements in stress levels compared with the abbreviated intervention and no intervention. New studies about abbreviated training programs are needed to provide effective treatments which improve well-being of these professionals.

Keywords: stress; PSQ; mindfulness; MBSR; primary care; tutors; resident intern specialists (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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