Mindfulness-based stress release program for university employees a pilot, waitlist-controlled trial and implementation replication

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1021-1027

  Koncz, Rebecca ^a,b   Wolfenden, Fiona ^a   Hassed, Craig ^c   Chambers, Richard ^d   Cohen, Julia ^a   Glozier, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c Sydney Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS RELEASE PROGRAM; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; AIRPLANE PILOT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPY; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PILOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNIVERSITIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84984706271     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000856     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Folkman S, Lazarus RS, Dunkel-Schetter C, et al. Dynamics of a stressful encounter: cognitive appraisal, coping, and encounter outcomes. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1986;50:992-1003.
2. Schneiderman N, Ironson G, Siegel S. Stress and health: psychological, behavioral and biological determinants. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2005; 1:607-628.
3. Rosengren A, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, et al. Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11119 cases and 13648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet. 2004;364:953-962.
4. Chandola T, Brunner E, Marmot M. Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study. BMJ. 2006;332:521-524.
5. Finestone HM, Alfeeli A, Fisher WA. Stress-induced physiologic changes as a basis for the biopsychosocial model of chronic musculoskeletal pain: A new theory? Clin J Pain. 2008;24:767-775.
6. Hu FB, Meigs JB, Li TY, et al. Inflammatory markers and risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes. 2004;53:693-700.
7. Antoni MH, Lutgendorf SK, Cole SW, et al. The influence of bio-behavioural factors on tumour biology: pathways and mechanisms. Nat Rev Cancer. 2006;6:240-248.
8. Zalli A, Carvalho LA, Lin J, et al. Shorter telomeres with high telomerase activity are associated with raised allostatic load and impoverished psychosocial resources. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2014;111:4519-4524.
9. Lupien SJ, McEwen BS, Gunnar MR, et al. Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009; 10:434-445.
10. Comer JS, Blanco C, Hasin DS, et al. Health-related quality of life across the anxiety disorders: results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions (NESARC). J Clin Psychiatry. 2011;72:43-50.
11. Safe Work Australia. Incidence of accepted workers compensation claims for mental stress in Australia. Available at: www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au. Accessed June 28, 2015, 2013.
12. Kabat-Zinn J. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. New York: Hyperion; 1994.
13. Goyal M, Singh S, Sibinga EM, et al. Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: A systematic review and meta-Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:357-368.
14. Chiesa A, Serretti A. Mindfulness-based stress reduction for stress management in healthy people: A review and meta-Analysis. J Altern Complement Med. 2009;15:593-600.
15. West CP, Dyrbye LN, Rabatin JT, et al. Intervention to promote physician well-being, job satisfaction, and professionalism: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:527-533.
16. Hülsheger UR, Alberts HJ, Feinholdt A, Lang JW. Benefits of mindfulness at work: The role of mindfulness in emotion regulation, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction. J Appl Psychol. 2013;98:310-325.
17. Wolever RQ, Bobinet KJ, McCabe K, et al. Effective and viable mind-body stress reduction in the workplace: A randomized controlled trial. J Occup Health Psychol. 2012;17:246-258.
18. AikensKA, Astin J, PelletierKR, et al.Mindfulness goes towork: impact of an online workplace intervention. J Occupat Environ Med. 2014;56:721-731.
19. Owusu-Frimpong N, Nwankwo S. Service quality orientation: An approach to diffusing mindfulness in SMEs. Int J Qual Reliability Manage. 2012;29:681-698.
20. Beach MC, Roter D, Korthuis PT, et al. A multicenter study of physician mindfulness and health care quality. Ann Fam Med. 2013;11:421-428.
21. Dane E. Paying attention to mindfulness and its effects on task performance in the workplace. J Manag. 2010;37:997-1018.
22. Kabat-Zinn J. Mindfulness-based stress reduction. Construct Hum Sci. 2003;8:73-107.
23. Hassed C. Know Thyself: The Stress Release Program. Melbourne: Michelle Anderson Publishing; 2002.
24. Monash University. Secondary Mindfulness Programs. Available at: http://www.monash.edu/health/mindfulness/programs. Accessed November 15, 2015.
25. Hassed C, de Lisle S, Sullivan G, et al. Enhancing the health of medical students: outcomes of an integrated mindfulness and lifestyle program. Adv Health Sci Educ. 2009;14:387-398.
26. Kessler RC, Mroczek D. Final Version of Our Non-Specific Psychological Distress Scale. University of Michigan, Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research: ; 1994.
27. Schaufeli WB, Salanova M, González-romá V, et al. The measurement of engagement and burnout: A two sample confirmatory factor analytic approach. J Happ Studies. 2002;3:71-92.
28. Langford PH. Measuring organisational climate and employee engagement: evidence for a 7 Ps model of work practices and outcomes. Austr J Psychol. 2009;61:185-198.
29. Langford PH. Benchmarking work practices and outcomes in Australian universities using an employee survey. J Higher Educ Policy Manag. 2010;32:41-53.
30. University of Sydney. Have Your Say Staff Survey Sydney. Sydney: University of Sydney; 2013.
31. Schaufeli W, Bakker A. UWES: Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Utrecht, Netherlands: Occupational Health & Psychology Unit, UU; 2003.
32. Dyrbye LN, Thomas MR, Shanafelt TD. Systematic review of depression, anxiety, and other indicators of psychological distress among U.S. and Canadian medical students. Acad Med. 2006;81:354-373.
33. Rosenthal JM, Okie S. White coat, mood indigo-depression in medical school. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:1085-1088.
34. Regehr C, Glancy D, Pitts A, et al. Interventions to reduce the consequences of stress in physicians: A review and meta-Analysis. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2014;202:353-359.
35. Huang S-L, Li R-H, Huang F-Y, et al. The potential for mindfulness-based intervention in workplace mental health promotion: results of a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0138089.
36. Andrews G, Slade T. Interpreting scores on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Austr N Z J Public Health. 2001;25:494-497.
37. Flaxman PE, Bond FW. Worksite stress management training: moderated effects and clinical significance. J Occup Health Psychol. 2010;15:347-358.
38. Hofmann SG, Sawyer AT, Witt AA, et al. The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on anxiety and depression: A meta-Analytic review. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010;78:169-183.
39. Reiner K, Tibi L, Lipsitz JD. Do mindfulness-based interventions reduce pain intensity? A critical review of the literature. Pain Med. 2013;14: 230-242.
40. Abbott RA, Whear R, Rodgers LR, et al. Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy in vascular disease: A systematic review and meta-Analysis of randomised controlled trials. J Psychosom Res. 2014;76:341-351.
41. Williams ES, Konrad TR, Linzer M. Refining the measurement of physician job satisfaction: results from the Physician Worklife Survey. Med Care. 1999;37:1140-1154.
42. Spreitzer GM. Psychological empowerment in the workplace: dimensions, measurement and validation. Acad Manage J. 1995;38:1442-1465.
43. Klatt M, Steinberg B, Duchemin AM. Mindfulness in motion (MIM): An onsite mindfulness based intervention (MBI) for chronically high stress work environments to increase resiliency and work engagement. J Vis Exp. 2015;101:e52359.
44. Carmody J, Bare RA. Relationships between mindfulness practice and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms and well-being in a mindfulness-based stress reduction. J Behav Med. 2008;31:23-33.
45. Jain S, Shapiro SL, Swanick S, Roesch SC, Bell I, Schwartz GE. A randomized control trial of mindfulness meditation versus relaxation training: effects on distress, positive states of mind, rumination and distraction. Ann Behav Med. 2007;33:11-21.
46. Manocha R, Black D, Sarris J, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of meditation for work stress, anxiety and depressed mood in full-Time workers. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:960583.