The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation

Burnout Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation Practice on Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Psychological Well-Being of Health Professionals Working in Oncology Units: Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06282913
• Other study ID #: ---Oncology-Nursing-2024---
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2024
• Est. completion date: December 2025

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Gulhane Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: December 2025
• Est. primary completion date: November 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout
• Burnout, Psychological
• Compassion Fatigue
• Fatigue
• Psychological Well-Being

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gulhane Training and Research Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	compassion fatigue	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.	up to 8 weeks
Primary	burnout	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.	up to 8 weeks
Primary	psychological well-being	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.	up to 8 weeks
Secondary	compassion fatigue	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.	up to 12 weeks
Secondary	burnout	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.	up to 12 weeks
Secondary	psychological well-being	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.	up to 12 weeks