Mindfulness and compassion training on daily work with patients and within the multiprofessional palliative care team: a retrospective self-assessment study

Mindfulness and compassion training on daily work with patients and within the multiprofessional palliative care team: a retrospective self-assessment study

Palliative care teams work under challenging conditions in a sensitive setting with difficult tasks. The multi-professional team can play an important role. Mindfulness and compassion-based practices are used to build resilience. Our aim was to examine (1) feasibility and acceptability, (2) satisfac...

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Published in:BMC palliative care Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 37
Main Authors: Lautwein, Franziska, Schallenburger, Manuela, Scherg, Alexandra, Schlieper, Daniel, Karger, André, Regel, Yesche Udo, Schwartz, Jacqueline, Neukirchen, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10-04-2023
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Subjects:
Attitudes
Collaboration
Compassion
Educational objectives
Empathy
Employees
Evaluation
Heart
Humans
Integrated delivery networks
Learning
Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness - methods
Mindfulness meditation
Palliative care
Palliative Care - psychology
Palliative treatment
Qualitative research
Questionnaires
Resilience
Retrospective Studies
Self Care - methods
Self Care - psychology
Self evaluation
Self-Assessment
Self-care
Services
Skills and attitude
Training
Germany
Skills and attitude
Palliative care
Compassion
Mindfulness
Self-care
Team building
Resilience
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Summary:Palliative care teams work under challenging conditions in a sensitive setting with difficult tasks. The multi-professional team can play an important role. Mindfulness and compassion-based practices are used to build resilience. Our aim was to examine (1) feasibility and acceptability, (2) satisfaction and impact, and (3) opportunities and limitations of a mindfulness course. An eight-week mindfulness and compassion course was delivered in a university-based specialized palliative care unit. A meditation teacher provided preparatory evening sessions and meditation exercises that could be integrated into daily activities. The scientific analysis of the course was based on a questionnaire developed for quality assessmentThe first two parts consisted of demographic, Likert-type, and free-text items. Part 3 consisted of learning objectives that were self-assessed after finishing the course (post-then). In the analysis, we used descriptive statistics, qualitative content analysis, and comparative self-assessment. Twenty four employees participated. 58% of participants attended 4 or more of the 7 voluntary mindfulness days. 91% expressed moderate to high satisfaction and would recommend the palliative care program to others. Three main categories emerged in the qualitative content analysis: providing feedback on the course, personal impact, and impact on professional life. The opportunity for self-care in a professional context was highlighted. Learning gains (CSA Gain) were high (38.5-49.4%) in terms of knowledge and techniques, moderate (26.2-34.5%) in terms of implementation of learned skills, and rather low (12.7-24.6%) in terms of changes to attitude. Our evaluation shows that the participants of a mindfulness and compassion course considered it as a feasible and welcome tool to familiarize a multi-professional palliative care team with self-care techniques. Internal Clinical Trial Register of the Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, No. 2018074763 (registered retrospectively on 30 July 2018).
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ISSN:1472-684X
1472-684X
DOI:10.1186/s12904-023-01158-9