@article{ref1,
title="Effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on health care worker safety: a randomized waitlist controlled trial",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2017",
author="Valley, Morgan Anne and Stallones, Lorann",
volume="59",
number="10",
pages="935-941",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the impact of mindfulness training on occupational safety of hospital health care workers. <br><br>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. <br><br>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, ηP = 0.27) and increased safety compliance behaviors (F [1, 20] = 7.79, P = 0.011, ηP = 0.28) 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, ηP = 0.02). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Mindfulness training may potentially decrease occupational injuries of health care workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001090",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001090"
}