Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Self-compassion in Health Care Professionals: a Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health care professionals have elevated rates of burnout and compassion fatigue which are correlated with poorer quality of life and patient care, and inversely correlated with self-compassion. Primary studies have evaluated the extent to which mindfulness-based interventions increase self-compassion with contradictory findings. A meta-analytic review of the literature was conducted to quantitatively synthesize the effects of mindfulness-based interventions on self-compassion among health care professionals.

Methods

Twenty-eight treatment outcome studies were identified eligible for inclusion. Five cumulative effect sizes were calculated using random-effects models to evaluate differences of changes in self-compassion for treatment and control groups. Within and b

SUBMITTER: Wasson RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223423 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature