OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (15): 2123-2128.

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Meta analysis of mindfulness therapy in improving compassion fatigue of nurses

YU Jian1, CHANG Yaru2, LI Yue2, GUO Hongyu2, CAO Hong1   

  1. 1. Department of Orthopaedics,Tianjin Hospital,Tianjin 300202,China;
    2. Graduate School,Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 300061,China
  • Received:2022-11-01 Revised:2023-02-06 Published:2026-03-24
  • Contact: CAO Hong,Deputy chief nurse,E-mail:caohong1968@yeah.net

Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of mindfulness therapy on compassion fatigue of nurses. Methods The China knowledge Network,Wanfang Database,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,PubMed,Cochrane Library,WOS and EMbase were searched by computer to retrieve the control test of the effect of mindfulness therapy on compassion fatigue of nurses. The search time limit was from database establishment to March 25,2022. Two researchers independently screened the literature,extracted data and evaluated the bias risk included in the study. RevMan 5.4 was used to perform the meta analysis. Results A total of 11 controlled clinical trial(CCT) and randomized controlled trial(RCT) were included,involving 689 nurses. The results of meta analysis showed that the improvement of empathy satisfaction score(MD=3.03,95%CI:1.06-4.99),job burnout score(MD= -2.79,95%CI:-3.44--2.15)] and secondary trauma stress score(MD=-2.66,95%CI:-3.26--2.06) in the mindfulness intervention group were better than those in the control group. The subgroup analysis showed that,in different research types,intervention times,departments and outcome scales,the empathy satisfaction score in the mindfulness intervention group increased,while the job burnout score and secondary trauma stress score decreased,and the differences were statistically significant between the mindfulness intervention group and the control group(all P<0.05). Conclusion The mindfulness intervention can obviously improve the symptoms of compassion fatigue of nurses.

Key words: Mindfulness therapy, Nursing staff, Compassion fatigue

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