Mindfulness in acute inpatient care

Can mindfulness-based measures consisting of the 7Mind app with nursing-specific content, online workshops and a handbook for nurses influence the perceived stress and well-being of nurses in hospitals?

We investigated this question in two projects in cooperation with 7Mind GmbH and five affiliated hospitals from North Rhine-Westphalia: Mindfulness in acute inpatient care - a monocentric randomised controlled trial and Mindfulness in acute inpatient care - a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

The results of both studies were not consistent, although the study design was identical. In the monocentric study, the subjective experience of stress was significantly reduced in the intervention group after 2.5 months compared to the control group, which did not have access to the programme. In the multicentre study, no effects were discernible in the group comparison. Presumably no differences could be detected, as the number of users was significantly lower in the second study. However, confirmatory analyses of this assumption are still pending.