Effect of a single-session meditation training to reduce stress and improve quality of life among health care professionals: A "dose-ranging" feasibility study

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 46-49

  Prasad, Kavita ^a   Wahner Roedler, Dietlind L ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Sood, Amit ^b  

^a Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84855368520     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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