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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Depression and Aggression in Nurses of Psychiatric Hospital
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Simindokht Rezakhani *    , Parivash Vakili |
| Department of Counseling, Faculty of counseling and Educational Science, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran , rezakhani@riau.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (1746 Views) |
Introduction: Mindfulness has been introduced as an approach to relieving stress in the field of nursing and can support nurses’ transformational therapeutic interactions and turn their intellectual activities into real experiences. Therefore, in order to reduce depression and aggression in nurses, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction education on depression and aggression in nurses of psychiatric hospitals
Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental type of pertest-posttest and a three-months follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included 635 nurses working in psychiatric hospitals in Tehran in 1398, three hospitals were randomly selected and from 73 people who had high scores of depression and aggression, 30 people were selected by voluntarily sampling and randomly assigned to 2 groups (experimental group and control group) of each group of 15 people. The experimental group received 8 sessions of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training compared to the control group. The research tools were a Beck Depression II questionnaire and Bass and Perry Aggression questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 25 and repeated measures using mixed analysis of variance.
Based on the findings: According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of depression and aggression in the two levels of pre-test (19.83 and 78.33) and post-test (13.33 and 68.08) in the experimental group. While this difference in the scores of depression and aggression at two levels of pre-test (17.28 and 74.47) and post-test (16.80 and 73.73) was not observed in the control group. As a result, mindfulness-based stress reduction in depression and aggression of the participants in the experimental group, and this reduction remined relatively constant in the follow-up phase (p>0/05).
Conclusions: According to the results, mindfulness-based stress reduction training can reduce depression and aggression, which are indicators of mental health and can ultimately improve the mental health of nurses.
Keywords: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Depression, Aggression, Nurses |
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| Keywords: Mindfulness-based stress reduction, Depression, Aggression, Nurses |
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Received: 2021/08/30 | Accepted: 2021/09/12 | Published: 2021/12/31 | ePublished: 2021/12/31
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