El Impacto de un programa online de intervención en 'mindfulness y compasión' en profesionales sanitarios durante la pandemia de la Covid-19

Resumen

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of an online program of a Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Intervention(MBI)among health personnel. The MBI is assessesthe levels of burnout and wellness of aclinical randomized essayusing elective sampling. Thirty-two health professionals (facultative, nurses and physiotherapists)that worked during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreakwere included. The sample was randomizedin three groups: a virtual synchronous intervention based on Mindfulness, an asynchronous group with the same content and athirdgroup with relaxation techniques.The Mindfulness Intervention consisted inconscious breathing, self-compassion, knowledge of feelings and emotions exercises, among others.Theprogramme was eight weeks long with frequentreminders and stimulating messages sent before practices. The levels of mindfulness and burnout before and after the intervention were measuredbyimplementingtwo questionnaires; The “FFMQ-E” (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire” and the “MBI-HSS” (Maslach Burnout Inventory of Human Social Services) before and after the intervention. The results on burnout indicated thatthe level of emotional exhaustion decreased whilstpersonal fulfilment increased. The levels of mindfulness measured by FFMQ-E were globally modified from 122.5 to 128.7on the global sample. As a conclusion, the programme showed a decrease in emotional exhaustion and an increase on the levelsof mindfulness on the synchronic group, which can produce a positive impact on the level ofburnout in this particularcollective.Nevertheless, the lowsamplesizewas insufficient to make the results statistically significant.