Healthcare providers at three Miami hospitals who practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) during the peak of the Covid crisis saw a significant reduction in burnout symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and emotional exhaustion, according to a study published in PLOS ONE. The study involved 65 healthcare providers who practiced TM and an equal number of control subjects. After two weeks, the TM group showed approximately 45% reduction in symptoms of somatization, depression, and anxiety, and improvements in insomnia, emotional exhaustion, and well-being by 33%, 16%, and 11% respectively. At three months, the TM group showed mean reductions in anxiety of 62%, somatization 58%, depression 50%, insomnia 44%, emotional exhaustion 40%, and improvement in mental well-being of 18%. The study suggests that TM could be a rapid intervention for healthcare worker burnout and could be applicable to other high-stress populations.
Key Takeaways:
- Healthcare professionals who practiced Transcendental Meditation during the height of the Covid crisis experienced significant reduction in stress-related symptoms and improved mental well-being.
- The study revealed that Transcendental Meditation was easy to learn and maintain, with an average weekly completion rate of 83% among the subjects.
- The research suggests that Transcendental Meditation could be considered as a rapid intervention for healthcare worker burnout and may also be applicable to other high-stress populations.
“Healthcare providers (HCP) at three Miami hospitals during the height of the Covid crisis, who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique (TM), showed a rapid and highly significant reduction in stress-related burnout symptoms such as somatization, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and emotional exhaustion, as well as significant improvement in mental well-being, compared to a parallel matched lifestyle-as-usual group (LAU), according to a new study published today in PLOS ONE.”
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