The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mindfulness Meditation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Psychological Well-Being. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
Unsure about the terms? Read our patient guide →
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
Overview
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.
Interventions
- 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.
Primary outcome measures
- compassion fatigue [Time frame: up to 8 weeks]
- burnout [Time frame: up to 8 weeks]
- psychological well-being [Time frame: up to 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- compassion fatigue [Time frame: up to 12 weeks]
- burnout [Time frame: up to 12 weeks]
- psychological well-being [Time frame: up to 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Hospital — Ankara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06282913 · ---Oncology-Nursing-2024---