| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 公共衛生碩士學位學程 === 102 === Introduction: Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH), the concept built upon WHO Ottawa-Charter for Health Promotion is increasingly apparent. In Taiwan, there are more strategies and plans to provide medical personnel a tangible self-care tool to better health and quality of life. For the past 20 years, Meditation-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program which had been proved significant stress reduce and anxiety that accompanies daily life.
Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of the MBSR intervention for medical personnel and to learn the process of implementation.
Methods: Full-time medical personnel (n=12) participants include nurses, PGY medical student and medical staff were recruited to participate in an 8-week MBSR program. A self-report mental health questionnaire and Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) were administered pre and post-intervention. In-depth interviews with participants and facilitator were conducted after the interventions.
Results: 8 completed the self-report mental health questionnaires, 3 of them had their ANS tested and 5 participants joined the post intervention in-depth interviews. Significant were observed on positive emotions（W=4, t=-2.26/P=0.034）and improvement on post-test of the ANS result.
Conclusion: The cultivation of mindfulness could help medical personnel to cope with their work stress by allowing them to face and evaluate problems with greater emotional equilibrium, and by providing a self-care tool to boost resiliency.
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