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NCT Number: NCT06282913

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Burnout Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Psychological Compassion Fatigue Fatigue Mental Fatigue Occupational Stress Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Signs and Symptoms Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Mindfulness Meditation

Behavioral

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 outcomes

  1. compassion fatigue

    Time frame: up to 8 weeks

    At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130.

  2. burnout

    Time frame: up to 8 weeks

    At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale "Depersonalization" and "Emotional exhaustion" subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the "personal success" subscale score indicates that burnout decreases.

  3. psychological well-being

    Time frame: up to 8 weeks

    At the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8.

Secondary outcomes

  1. compassion fatigue

    Time frame: up to 12 weeks

    Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale will be used to measure the changes in compassion fatigue. As the scores obtained from the compassion fatigue brief scale increase, the perceived level of compassion fatigue in individuals increases. The lowest score from the scale is 13 and the highest score is 130.

  2. burnout

    Time frame: up to 12 weeks

    Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses the Maslach Burnout Scale will be used to measure the changes in the level of burnout. Increasing Maslach Burnout Scale "Depersonalization" and "Emotional exhaustion" subscale scores indicate that burnout increases, while increasing the "personal success" subscale score indicates that burnout decreases.

  3. psychological well-being

    Time frame: up to 12 weeks

    Four weeks after the end of the mindfulness meditation practice in oncology physicians and nurses and the Psychological Well-Being Scale will be used to evaluate the changes in the level of psychological well-being. A high score on the psychological well-being scale indicates that the person is at a positive level psychologically. The highest score from the scale is 56, while the minimum score is 8.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Bugse Yuceer

CONTACT

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gulhane Training and Research Hospital

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study 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

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Feb 28, 2024
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2025

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