Uma intervenção baseada em mindfulness de cinco dias para reduzir o burnout e o sofrimento psíquico em estudantes de medicina do Reino Unido

O que aconteceu

Medical professionals face significant work overload, with excessive job demands often strongly associated with attrition and burnout. Consequences of burnout include reduced job satisfaction, absenteeism, reduced patient care, lower patient satisfaction and increased healthcare costs. UK Medical students are also at high risk of burnout. Mindfulness-based interventions are effective individual-level treatments, however more research is required to investigate the efficacy of mindfulness for healthcare professionals and students. Four cohorts of second-year medical students at Cardiff University participated in a five-day, in-person mindfulness-based intervention. Pre (T1) and post (T2) intervention and follow-up (T3) survey data were collected online using validated outcome measures for burnout, psychological distress and wellbeing. Medical schools should consider implementing mindfulness-based interventions into medical curricula, as a feasible and acceptable student selected preventative tool to address burnout and incorporate student perspectives on delivery; to prevent mental ill health in medical professionals.

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O que encontraram

A análise estatística dos dados de 69 participantes encontrou melhora estatisticamente significativa após a intervenção (T2) para energia atual, calma, foco e estresse (todos P=0,001). Melhorias estatisticamente significativas no sofrimento psíquico (Core-10, P=0,001), Burnout (OLBI, P=0,023) e Bem-Estar (WHO5, P=0,37) com tamanhos de efeito pequenos, grandes e pequenos, respectivamente; mantidos no seguimento (T3). As classificações de satisfação foram consistentemente elevadas e a taxa de preenchimento foi de 100%.