Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training on Health Care Worker Safety: A Randomized Waitlist Controlled
Morgan Anne Valley1, Lorann Stallones
1Department of Psychology (Dr Valley, Dr Stallones); Graduate Degree Program in Public Health, Colorado School of Public Health at Colorado State University (Dr Stallones); High Intermountain Plains Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (Dr Stallones), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
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, (Equation is included in full-text article.)) and increased safety compliance behaviors (F [1, 20] = 7.79, P = 0.011, (Equation is included in full-text article.)) 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, (Equation is included in full-text article.)).
Conclusions:
Mindfulness training may potentially decrease occupational injuries of health care workers.
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