Browsing by Author "Gherardi-Donato, Edilaine Cristina da Silva"
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Item The impact of an online mindfulness-based practice program on the mental health of Brazilian nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic(2023) Gherardi-Donato, Edilaine Cristina da Silva; Díaz-Serrano, Kranya Victoria; Barbosa, Marina Rodrigues; Fernandes, Maria Neyrian de Fátima; Gonçalves-Ferri, Walusa Assad; Camargo Júnior, Elton Brás; Reisdorfer, EmileneThis quantitative, before-after study was developed to evaluate the usefulness of an online mindfulness practices program to help nursing professionals deal with stress in the challenging context of the COVID-19 pandemic through the assessment of perceived stress, anxiety and depression, levels of mindfulness, and participants’ satisfaction with the program. Eligible participants were assessed at baseline to receive the online mindfulness training program for eight weeks and were appraised again at the end of the program. Standardized measures of perceived stress, depression, anxiety, and one-dimensional and multidimensional mindfulness were performed. Participant satisfaction was also studied. Adherence to treatment was 70.12%. The perceived stress, depression, and anxiety scores were significantly lower after the intervention. The mindfulness measure increased significantly, as well as the sense of well-being and satisfaction with life, study, and/or work. The participants showed high satisfaction with the program and would recommend it to other professionals. Our results indicate that mindfulness-based interventions represent an effective strategy for nurses in the face of the need for self-care with mental health and mechanisms that guarantee the sustainability of their capacities to continue exercising health care.Item Mindfulness practice reduces hair cortisol, anxiety and perceived stress in university workers: randomized clinical trial(2023) Gherardi-Donato, Edilaine Cristina da Silva; Gimenez, Larissa Bessani Hidalgo; Fernandes, Maria Neyrian de Fatima; Lacchini, Riccardo; Camargo Junior, Elton Bras; Diaz-Serrano, Kranya Victoria; Melchior, Melissa; Perez, Raquel Garcia; Riquelme-Galindo, Jorge; Reisdorfer, EmileneBackground: Anxiety and stress are common mental health conditions reported by university workers. Practices of mindfulness represent one promising approach as an effective and feasible means to reduce stress, improve mental health and promote well-being; however, there are no clinical trials that have combined long-term stress biomarkers (hair cortisol) and psychometric assessments in a sample of university workers. Objective: This study investigated the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based program on long-term stress, by measuring hair cortisol concentration and perceived stress and anxiety among workers who were undergoing high levels of stress. Method: We conducted a randomized clinical trial at work among the employees of a public university. We compared a group that received the eight-week mindfulness intervention with the wait list group who received no intervention. Results: A total of 30 participants were included in the study, with n = 15 subjects in the intervention group and n = 15 in the control group. Hair cortisol, perceived stress and anxiety significantly reduced after the intervention compared to the control group, which had no appreciable decline in the measured variables. Conclusion: This clinical trial showed the effectiveness of a mindfulness program on mental health psychometric measures (perceived stress and anxiety) and on a long-term stress biomarker (hair cortisol). It can be concluded that an eight-week mindfulness program could be implemented as an effective strategy to reduce stress biomarkers (hair cortisol) as well as perceived stress and anxiety, improving the mental health of university workers.