Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training on Health Care Worker Safety A Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial

摘要

Objective: The study assessed the impact of mindfulness training on occupational safety of hospital health care workers. Methods: The study used a randomized waitlist-controlled trial design to test the effect of an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course on self-reported health care worker safety outcomes, measured at baseline, postintervention, and 6 months later. Results: Twenty-three hospital health care workers participated in the study (11 in immediate intervention group; 12 in waitlist control group). The MBSR training decreased workplace cognitive failures (F [1, 20] = 7.44, P = 0.013, eta(2)(p) = 0.27) and increased safety compliance behaviors (F [1, 20] = 7.79, P = 0.011, eta(2)(p) = 0.28) among hospital health care workers. Effects were stable 6 months following the training. The MBSR intervention did not significantly affect participants' promotion of safety in the workplace (F [1, 20] = 0.40, P = 0.54, eta(2)(p) = 0: 02). Conclusions: Mindfulness training may potentially decrease occupational injuries of health care workers.