NCT06282913

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation Practice on Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Psychological Well-Being of Health Professionals Working in Oncology Units: Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gulhane Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Cancer is a disease that causes the most deaths worldwide and is challenging for patients and caregivers both physically and psychosocially. Physicians and nurses working in oncology clinics perform a demanding profession providing compassionate care and treatment to patients struggling with life-threatening diseases. The emotional cost of caring for patients diagnosed with cancer can lead to compassion fatigue, burnout, and decreased psychological well-being among healthcare professionals. For this reason, this research is planned as a randomized controlled study to examine the effect of Mindfulness meditation practice on compassion fatigue, burnout, and psychological well-being in physicians and nurses working in oncology units.

Conditions

• Burnout
• Compassion Fatigue
• Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Meditation	Mindfulness Meditation application will be implemented online by the researcher in 20-minute group sessions once a week for 8 weeks. Participants will be asked to provide a quiet, ventilated, dimly lit environment for the practice. The researcher will start the application when the participants take their places as they feel comfortable. In the first stage, the researcher will teach physicians and nurses to take deep diaphragmatic breaths through the nose and out through the mouth.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2024-02-28
• Last updated: 2025-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)