Comparison of Two Different Mindfulness Interventions among Health Care Students in Finland: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Repo, Saara; Elovainio, Marko; Pyörälä, Eeva; Iriarte-Lüttjohann, Mónica; Tuominen, Tiina; Härkönen, Tiina; Gluschkoff, Kia; Paunio, Tiina
Titel	Comparison of Two Different Mindfulness Interventions among Health Care Students in Finland: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 27 (2022) 3, S.709-734 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Repo, Saara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-022-10116-8
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Stress Variables; Well Being; Metacognition; Intervention; Medical Education; Allied Health Occupations Education; Psychological Patterns; Mental Health; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Medizinische Ausbildung; Psychohygiene; Finnland
Abstract	We investigated the short- and long-term effects of two different evidence-based mindfulness training on students' stress and well-being. A randomised controlled trial with three measurement points (baseline, post-intervention, and 4 months post-intervention) was conducted among undergraduate students of medicine, dentistry, psychology, and logopaedics at the University of Helsinki. The participants were randomly assigned into three groups: (1) face-to-face mindfulness training based on the Mindfulness Skills for Students course (n = 40), (2) a web-based Student Compass program using Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment therapy (n = 22), and (3) a control group that received mental health support as usual (n = 40). The primary outcome was psychological distress measured using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM). Secondary outcomes included hair cortisol concentrations and a wide range of well-being indicators. Psychological distress increased in all the groups from baseline to post-intervention, but significantly less so in the intervention groups than in the control group. At 4-month follow-up, were found no differences between the primary outcomes of the control and intervention groups, but the participants who continued practising mindfulness at least twice a week were less stressed than the others. Our results suggest that participating in a mindfulness course may mitigate health care students' psychological distress during the academic year, but only if the participants continue practising mindfulness at least twice a week. (As Provided).
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