Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Training Program for Hospital Workers During the Pandemic.
Condition: Psychopathology
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The aim of this study is to reduce the negative psychological impact of the pandemic on
      hospital workers through mindfulness training.
    

Detailed description: 
      In the face of the recent health crisis, one group vulnerable to psychological consequences
      has been the hospital workers who have worked on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      It is expected that subjects participating in Mindfulness training will decrease their
      psychopathological symptoms more than the control group.

      The programa will be held in 8 sessions (1 per week) as follows:

      SESSION 1:

      Welcome Brief opening practice with anchoring or focus options. Presentation of mindfulness,
      what it is and what it is not, definition and available scientific evidence.

      Guided reflection on what brought the people here. Introduction of participants and teacher.
      Standing yoga postures. Raisin meditation. Body scan practice Presentation of home practice
      Brief closing practice

      SESSION 2:

      Brief opening practice. Standing yoga postures. Body scanner practice Dialogue on the
      practices, in small groups first and then in the large group. Exercise of the 9 points:
      conditioning and creative response. Attentional photo sitting meditation. Presentation of the
      home practice Brief closing practice

      SESSION 3:

      Brief opening practice Meditation with attention to an attentional focus. Yoga postures on
      the floor Dialogue in small groups and then in the common room about the experience of the
      practices.

      Review of the calendar of pleasant events, paying attention to how it has registered in the
      form of bodily sensations, thoughts and emotions.

      Presentation of the home practice Brief closing practice

      SESSION 4:

      Brief opening practice Standing yoga postures Sitting meditation with attention to the
      unwanted, offering the option to pendulum, from unpleasantness to attentional focus.

      Dialogue in small groups and then in the common room about the experience of the practices.

      Review of the calendar of unpleasant events and connect the unpleasant experience with
      stress.

      Brief explanation of stress physiology and reactivity. Presentation of home practice Brief
      closing practice

      SESSION 5:

      Brief opening practice. Standing yoga postures. Complete meditation alternating different
      focuses of attention to end with open awareness.

      Dialogue in small groups and then in the common room about the experience of the practices,
      reflection on being in the middle of the course (achievements, expectations, challenges...).

      Introduce mindfulness in any of the phases of the habit loop and in moments of reactivity.
      Concept of mindful pause.

      Presentation of home practice Brief closing practice

      SESSION 6:

      Brief opening practice. Standing yoga postures. Full seated meditation, with more silence and
      less guidance. Dialogue in small groups and then in the common room about the experience of
      the practices, introducing reflections on engagement with the practice and its effects and
      challenges.

      Guided reflection on a difficult communication situation and interactive dialogue from there.

      Presentation of home practice Brief closing practice

      SESSION 7:

      Brief opening practice. Movement practice: encouraging simplicity and exploration of
      boundaries. Participants are invited to guide some of them.

      Sitting meditation, with more silence and less guidance. Dialogue in small groups and then in
      the common room about the experience of the day's practice.

      Reflection on how people relate to their environment and the choices people make around
      technology, social networking, media and what effects those choices have.

      Presentation of home practice Brief closing practice

      SESSION 8:

      Brief opening practice. Body scanning practice Small group discussion and then in the common
      room about the home practice. Writing a letter to the "future self" after reflection on what
      the program is entailing.

      Resources to continue with "the rest of your life", next steps. Group sharing of global
      experiences with the program Brief closing practice

      RETREAT DAY In addition to the 8 sessions, a small silent retreat is held on a Saturday,
      which is a day of intensive practice (approximately 8 hours). On this day consecutive
      practices are performed, including some different sitting meditation such as mountain
      meditation, loving-kindness or lake meditation.
    

Intervention name(s): Mindfulness Training Program
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Mindfulness training program to reduce psychotropathological symptoms in hospital workers
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Psychopathology; Covid-19; Mindfulness; Hospital workers