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  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Mindfulness Studies

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  • Nurses experience high levels of stress and burnout.
  • Mindful self-compassion interventions show promise in addressing psychological distress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and analyze the effects of mindful self-compassion interventions on stress and related outcomes in nurses.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of five studies meeting inclusion criteria.
  • Analysis of sample characteristics, interventions, outcome measures, and effect sizes.

Main Results:

  • Mindful self-compassion interventions demonstrated medium-to-large effect sizes for improving self-compassion, reducing traumatic stress, burnout, and stress, and increasing compassion satisfaction.
  • High intervention adherence (mean=86%) was observed across studies.

Conclusions:

  • Mindful self-compassion interventions are effective in mitigating stress and enhancing psychological well-being in nurses.
  • These interventions have the potential to improve the quality of compassionate care delivered by nurses.