Hanson, Petra, Villarreal, Manuel, Khan, Majid, Dale, Jeremy and Sankaranarayanan, Sailesh (2022) Effect of an online mindfulness course for hospital doctors during COVID-19 pandemic on resilience and coping. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 13 . 215013192211384. doi:10.1177/21501319221138425 ISSN 2150-1327.

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Abstract

Introduction: Physicians’ wellbeing is a priority to prevent increasing rates of poor mental health and burnout, exacerbated by caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Structured mindfulness courses have been shown to be beneficial, but face-to-face delivery is not always feasible in the context of busy health services. Remotely delivered structured mindfulness courses could enable wider participation, particularly at time when social distancing to prevent infection transmission is necessary. Our objective was to test the feasibility of a remotely delivered structured mindfulness course for hospital doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This was a feasibility study run at one English hospital between January and March 2021, when COVID-19 admissions were at a high. Interested doctors participated in a 6-session remotely delivered mindfulness course. Sessions lasted 90 min and could be attended on-line or the recording watched at later time. Main outcome measures were data on interest, course attendance and engagement, together with validated psychological outcome measures at baseline and follow-up after course completion.
Results: 20 doctors expressed interest to participate and 16 started the course. Of these, 12 completed at least 3 sessions (median = 4); difficulty attending resulted from conflicting clinical commitments and rosters. Twelve participants completed the follow-up survey. They rated the course highly and all perceived it to have been useful, with statistically significant ( P < .01) improvements in wellbeing and mindfulness scores. They all stated that they would recommend this course to their colleagues and most (10/12) were interested in follow-up mindfulness sessions.
Conclusion: Remotely delivered structured mindfulness training for hospital doctors was feasible, but there is a need to address the difficulties that affected attendance in order to optimize accessibility and completion of such programs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
SWORD Depositor:	Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Medical personnel -- Mental health, Mindfulness (Psychology), Burn out (Psychology) -- Treatment, COVID-19 (Disease), Well-being, Work-life balance, Medical personnel -- Job stress, Stress management, Web-based instruction
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	2150-1327
Official Date:	29 November 2022
Dates:	Date Event 29 November 2022 Published 26 October 2022 Accepted
Volume:	13
Number of Pages:	7
Article Number:	215013192211384
DOI:	10.1177/21501319221138425
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	17 January 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	18 January 2023
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID UNSPECIFIED University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust http://viaf.org/viaf/152707181

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