Clinical trial · Interventional
Mindfulness Meditation: Alleviating Symptoms and Inflammation in Nurses
Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Perceived Stress, Somatic Symptoms and Inflammatory Biomarkers Among Nurses
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Background: Nurses have experienced several stressors, the most important of which are increased workloads, long shifts, patients' negative results, some patients not responding to treatment, death at high rates, late detection of disease cases, lack of social support system, and limited typical coping. Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation for clinical nurses to improve perceived stress and somatic symptoms and pro-inflammatory factors. Among Jordanian clinical nurses. Methodology: The study will be conducted using a post-test randomized controlled experimental design. The study data will be collected using a self-report questionnaire and blood sampling from 102 nurses in in King Abdullah hospitals at baseline and at the end of intervention. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), Version 26.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Somatization | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness meditation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nurses receiving mindfulness meditation
- description
- The experimental group received eight 60-minute weekly sessions of mindfulness meditation over eight weeks in a private and quiet room at the hospital, according to Smith's (2005) recommendation. The theory-based program (Smith, 2005) includes the ABC standardized versions of MBI (Smith, 2005), described as follows: * Body sense meditation * Rocking meditation * Breathing meditation * Mentra meditation * Visual Image meditation * External image meditation * Meditation of a sound * Open monitoring (Mindfulness) meditation
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Mindfulness meditation
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Nurses will receive no intervention or materials from the experimenter
- description
- Control group will receive a traditional care provided usually for patients in the hospital
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Nurse working in the hospital in Jordan * Being at least 21 years old * Having a smartphone * Being able to read and write in English Exclusion Criteria: * Having psychiatric illnesses * Having disorders of the immune system (e.g., immunodeficiency or autoimmune disorders) and current infections. * Taking anti-inflammatory or antimicrobial medications
References
Publications (21)
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