Background: Nurses treating patients having psychiatric disorders experience numerous stressful events affecting patients' care. Mindfulness mantram repetition, where a sacred word or phrase is silently repeated, can be used as a stress management technique to retrain an individual's attention. Aim: To evaluate the effect of mantram repetition as mindfulness strategy on psychological wellbeing among nurses in psychiatric wards. Design: Quasi-experimental (one group pre-post). Setting: The research carried out at "The Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery Center, affiliated to Tanta University Hospitals, Gharbya governorate, Egypt. Subject: A convenience sample of 50 nurses. Tools: two tools used in this research Tool I;The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Tool II;Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB). Results: A high statistically significant differences between nurses' levels of stress before and after the mindfulness mantram repetition intervention (P-value = 0.000). A high statistically significant differences between nurse's psychological wellbeing before and after the mindfulness mantram repetition intervention (P-value = 0.000), and a statistically significant negative correlation between nurses’ level of stress, and their psychological wellbeing r = -.381, P-value = 0.06. Conclusion: The mindfulness mantram repetition intervention had a considerable positive impact on reducing the nurses' stress and improving their psychological wellbeing.Recommendations: Enhancing nurses' coping mechanisms by making time for mindfulness activities and encouraging them to use this activity.
El-Salamony, A., & El-ayari, O. (2023). Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards. International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research, 3(2), 204-220. doi: 10.21608/ejnsr.2023.287438
MLA
Amina Ahmed Wahba El-Salamony; Omnya Sobhy Mohamad El-ayari. "Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards", International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research, 3, 2, 2023, 204-220. doi: 10.21608/ejnsr.2023.287438
HARVARD
El-Salamony, A., El-ayari, O. (2023). 'Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards', International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research, 3(2), pp. 204-220. doi: 10.21608/ejnsr.2023.287438
VANCOUVER
El-Salamony, A., El-ayari, O. Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards. International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research, 2023; 3(2): 204-220. doi: 10.21608/ejnsr.2023.287438
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