Mindfulness in acute inpatient care

In the research project, the participating nurses were surveyed online at four points in time over a nine-month period. In addition to perceived stress, the aim was to analyse happiness and life satisfaction, health-related outcomes as well as job satisfaction and work experience. In addition to the online survey, individual interviews were conducted. The focus here was on factors that were not covered by the written survey, e.g. changes at a behavioural level, inhibiting and promoting factors for the use of the measures offered and other effects in the professional and private context.

Finally, a systematic literature review was conducted in this project to present the current state of research on digital mindfulness interventions for nurses in acute inpatient care.

The results of this project provide an overview of the influence of a mindfulness-based intervention with analogue and digital elements on the perceived stress of nursing staff, the added value of these measures for nursing staff and the conditions that promote or inhibit their use.

Based on the results of the systematic literature review, these findings can be categorised in the current state of research and discussed with regard to future potential, challenges and future research needs.

The publication of the study will follow.