The impact of mindfulness-based interventions on doctors' well-being and performance: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The well-being of doctors is at risk, as evidenced by high burnout rates amongst doctors around the world. Alarmingly, burned-out doctors are more likely to exhibit low levels of professionalism and provide suboptimal patient care. Research suggests that burnout and the well-being of doctors can be improved by mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). Furthermore, MBIs may improve doctors' performance (eg in empathy). However, there are no published systematic reviews that clarify the effects of MBIs on doctor well-being or performance to inform future research and professional development programmes. We therefore systematically reviewed and narratively synthesised findings on the impacts of MBIs on doctors' well-being and performance.

Methods

We searched PubMed and

SUBMITTER: Scheepers RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003865 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature