Handouts for 'A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Spiritual ...
This file contains handouts to accompany the paper entitled:
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Spiritual-Wisdom-Based Program
To Enhance
Caregiving Self-Efficacy and Reduce Stress and Burnout
Reporting on work by
Doug Oman, PhD
(presenter)
John Hedberg, MD
Carl E Thoresen, PhD
Presented at
131st Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association
San Francisco, California, USA
November 18, 2003
Online Abstract
(
accessed December 26, 2003)
131st Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association
4021.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 8:50 AM
A randomized controlled trial of a spiritual-wisdom-based program to enhance caregiving self-efficacy and reduce stress and burnout
Doug Oman, PhD1, John Hedberg, MD2, Carl E Thoresen, PhD3.
1) Public Health Institute, 2001 Addison Street, Second Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704-1103, 707-878-2573, DougOman@post.Harvard.edu.
(2) University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
(3) Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
To evaluate the effects on caregiving self-efficacy, stress and burnout of an eight week, 2 hour per week training for health professionals in spiritual-wisdom-based self-management tools. Drawing extensively on spiritual wisdom traditions, the program may be practiced by adherents to any major religious faith, as well as those outside of all traditions.
DESIGN AND METHODS:
Participants (N=61) were recruited through hospitals in Colorado, and included physicians, nurses, chaplains and other health professionals actively involved in patient care. After a pretest, participants were randomly allocated to an intervention condition (n=30) and a wait-list comparison group (n=31). The training program was based on a previously researched adaptation for health professionals of a comprehensive nonsectarian program from Easwaran (1991/1978). Participants were offered continuing professional education credits through the host hospital education department. Pretest, posttest, and 8-week followup data were gathered on spirituality, caregiving self-efficacy, perceived stress, and burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment).
RESULTS:
Beneficial treatment effects trends were observed at posttest for all measures except depersonalization, and were statistically significant for increased caregiving self-efficacy (p ................
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