Publication: Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Prevent Burnout in Healthcare Professionals
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2023-05
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Background: Burnout appears to effect two thirds of providers, and has been steadily rising among healthcare providers, with more than one third of healthcare providers meeting criteria for severe burnout, with nurses that have experienced burnout being 2 to 3 times more likely to leave their positions (Vells et al., 2021). The risk of burnout in healthcare providers is high, 78% of physicians, 44.2% of medical students, 45% of residents, and 50% of nurses in the United States reporting some type of burnout in their careers (Chemali et al., 2019). Purpose: The purpose of this review of the literature is to explore the current knowledge for the expected positive effects and the ability to implement a stress reduction intervention, such as mindfulness meditation, to prevent burnout in healthcare workers. Methods: Key words used for the literature search included: nurses, healthcare professionals, physicians, mindfulness, meditation, burnout, burnout prevention, mindfulness based stress reduction, MBSR, and stress. Studies required both a mindfulness based intervention and the testing of outcomes to assess for the correlation between the interventions and outcomes. Findings: The review of the literature showed a reduction in burnout symptoms, indicating that mindfulness-based interventions to reduce burnout among healthcare professionals in the hospital setting is promising. Conclusions: Mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions can be a promising tool to better the lives of those that give direct care to patients, families, and communities. Given the positive outcomes the research has shown in preventing and reducing burnout in healthcare professionals, MBSR therapies are a potential cost saving and quality of life improving intervention that can be provided to a wide reaching group of individuals.