부산대학교 도서관

Background: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been proven to be effective in alleviating stress and improving sleep quality in workers under high tension environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of MBSR on stress and sleep quality in emergency medical personnel. Materials and methods This study was designed with pre-test and post-test of two groups of quasi-experimental design. Forty emergency medical personnel, including emergency physicians, emergency nurses, and emergency medical technicians were recruited in a local hospital of central Taiwan. These 40 participants, via purposive sampling, were assigned into 2 groups. A MBSR program was performed to the experimental group. We adopted Chinese 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale for evaluation. We applied t-test and analysis of covariance for statistical analysis. Results: The PSS score of the study group decreased from an average of 36.75 ±6.96 to 27.55 ±7.45 (p ＜0.001), while the PSS score of the control group increased from an average of 27.50 ±6.65 to 32.15 ±7.20 (p ＜0.001). On the other hand, the PSQI score of the study group decreased from an average of 10.00 ±3.54 to 6.00 ±2.81 (p ＜0.001), while the PSQI score of the control group increased from an average of 7.80 ±2.21 to 8.05 ±1.61 (p =0.412). In addition, the results after covariate analysis are still consistent. Conclusion: The MBSR program may improve stress and sleep quality in emergency medical personnel. However, the subsequent implementation and frequency of MBSR and the effective duration are largely unknown. This requires further studies to confirm the efficacy of MBSR.