TY - JOUR
T1 - A small randomized pilot study of a workplace mindfulness-based intervention for surgical intensive care unit personnel
T2 - Effects on salivary α-amylase levels
AU - Duchemin, Anne Marie
AU - Steinberg, Beth A.
AU - Marks, Donald R.
AU - Vanover, Kristin
AU - Klatt, Maryanna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Objective: To determine whether a workplace stress-reduction intervention decreases reactivity to stress among personnel exposed to a highly stressful occupational environment. Methods: Personnel from a surgical intensive care unit were randomized to a stress-reduction intervention or a waitlist control group. The 8-week group mindfulness-based intervention included mindfulness, gentle yoga, and music. Psychological and biological markers of stress were measured 1 week before and 1 week after the intervention. Results: Levels of salivary α-amylase, an index of sympathetic activation, were significantly decreased between the first and second assessments in the intervention group with no changes in the control group. There was a positive correlation between salivary α-amylase levels and burnout scores. Conclusions: These data suggest that this type of intervention could decrease not only reactivity to stress but also the risk of burnout.
AB - Objective: To determine whether a workplace stress-reduction intervention decreases reactivity to stress among personnel exposed to a highly stressful occupational environment. Methods: Personnel from a surgical intensive care unit were randomized to a stress-reduction intervention or a waitlist control group. The 8-week group mindfulness-based intervention included mindfulness, gentle yoga, and music. Psychological and biological markers of stress were measured 1 week before and 1 week after the intervention. Results: Levels of salivary α-amylase, an index of sympathetic activation, were significantly decreased between the first and second assessments in the intervention group with no changes in the control group. There was a positive correlation between salivary α-amylase levels and burnout scores. Conclusions: These data suggest that this type of intervention could decrease not only reactivity to stress but also the risk of burnout.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000371
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000371
M3 - Article
C2 - 25629803
AN - SCOPUS:84983573933
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 393
EP - 399
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 4
ER -