The Effects of Meditation on Stress and Fatigue

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intensive Care Nurses

Treatments: Other: meditation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06518031

OKUKAU

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial was conducted with nurses practicing meditation for six weeks, compared to a control group with no intervention. Stress and fatigue levels were measured using validated scales at baseline and post-intervention.

Full description

Participants in the intervention group underwent a meditation practice for 20 minutes, three times a week for six weeks. The meditation sessions were led by a meditation expert with 8 years of experience and conducted online via WhatsApp in a group setting. No intervention was given to the participants in the control group.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Intensive care nurses with at least 1 year of experience in the intensive care unit.
• Nurses without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, asthma, or other conditions that could hinder breathing exercises.
• Nurses without hearing and communication issues, psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., major depression).
• Nurses who have not attended meditation, yoga, or breathing exercise classes in the past six months.
• Nurses willing to participate in the study were included in the sample.

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses who do not attend at least one of the meditation sessions conducted by the meditation expert.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Meditation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Meditation practices were administered by the meditation expert for 6 weeks, three times a week for 20 minutes each session, totaling 60 minutes per week

Treatment:

Other: meditation

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The research data were collected using a Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers containing introductory information about the nurses, the Perceived Stress Scale for stress, and the Fatigue Severity Scale for fatigue.