Effectiveness of an intervention based on Mindfulness on Stress, Burnout and quality of life of nurses: a randomized clinical trial

INTERVENTION: Experimental intervention, the sample calculation for the randomized clinical trial was performed considering data from the study by Khoury et al (2015), for the primary outcome perception of stress at work, an effect size of 0.44 was used, relative to the comparison between the moments before and after intervention with mindfulness practices To reach a power of 80% and a significance level of 5%, the G*Power program (version 3.1.9.4) demonstrated the need for a minimum of 44 nursing professionals to participate in the research, order of 15% (MAPURUNGA et al 2020), a minimum of 52 participants will be required, who will be randomly allocated in equal numbers (n= 26) in the experimental and control groups Together with the invitation and informed consent form, the following questionnaires will be sent: Sociodemographic and working conditions, Perceived Stress Scale, Work Stress Scale, Malash Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey, Scale between the imbalance between effort and reward at work (ERI), Quality of Life at Work scale, short version, Mindfulness Awareness and Attention Scale and self‐compassion scale followed by guidelines for filling out the Google forms link Questionnaires sent by e‐mail will only be forwarded to one recipient at a time, in order to maintain the privacy of participants The deadline for completion will be 90 days participate in the second stage of the study, randomized clinical trial, and have a score on the work stress scale greater than or equal to the 75th percentile (48 points) will be eligible to participate in the second stage of the study Participants will be randomly allocated through the random.org program in two groups, the experimental group and the control Control group participants who are interested will receive the inte CONDITION: C24.580 Professional Burnout PRIMARY OUTCOME: Evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness‐based intervention on the perception of work stress and burnout using the Perceived Stress Scale, the Work Stress Scale, the Malash Burnout Inventory (MBI‐HSS) and the Balance Scale between Effort and Reward at Work SECONDARY OUTCOME: Evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness‐based intervention on quality of life at work using the Quality of Work Life Questionnaire (QWLQ‐Bref) INCLUSION CRITERIA: Workers of both genders; of any age; working in a health institution for at least 1 year; exercise the role of nurse; be available to participate in all stages of the randomized clinical trial