Relational outcomes
Empathy. Seven studies out of 34, or 21%, specifically measured empathy in healthcare providers. Out of 7 studies measuring empathy, 5, or 71%, found mindfulness to be useful in improving healthcare providers’ empathy. Three different measures where used to assess empathy, making the comparison between these studies difficult.
The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE)48 was used in 4 studies. The JSPE is a self-assessment tool, which evaluates empathy specifically in physicians. Previous studies have suggested that the scale consists of three components: perspective taking, compassionate care and standing in the patient’ s shoes. The 4 studies that used the JSPE found MBSR-based interventions to be associated with …show more content…
The IRI measures four dimensions of empathy: (1) perspective taking (adopting the point of view of other people), (2) fantasy (transposing oneself into fictitious characters), (3) empathic concern (showing concern for others) and (4) personal distress (emotional reactions to the emotions of others). The 2 studies that used the IRI as a measure of empathy in healthcare providers found no statistically significant change in empathy. In a study with medical and nursing students by Beddoe et al. (2004)53, the use of an 8-week MBSR course was associated with a strong positive downward trend on the fantasy scale and on the personal distress scale mean scores, but the results were not statistically significant. Mean scores on the perspective taking and empathic concern scales were also positively trended upward, but the results were not statistically significant53. Galantino et al. (2005)54 found no statistically significant results on the 4 subscales of the IRI with a group of healthcare …show more content…
(1998)55 used and adapted version of the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS)56, which measures an overall level of empathy. The authors found that the participation in a 7-week mindfulness-based intervention was effective to significantly increase scores on overall empathy levels in medical and premedical students.
Other outcomes
Outcomes in this category include meaning in life, personality, sense of coherence and sense of efficacy. The most measured outcome in this category is the sense of coherence. Four studies measured that outcome, all of them using the SOC-Orientation to life Questionnaire57, a measure that has three subscales that correspond to the sense of comprehensibility, sense of manageability and sense of meaningfulness, three factors that indicate an ability to cope with stress and maintenance of health58. Out of 4 studies, 3, or 75%, found mindfulness to be effective in improving the sense of coherence.
Emotional
Empathy. Seven studies out of 34, or 21%, specifically measured empathy in healthcare providers. Out of 7 studies measuring empathy, 5, or 71%, found mindfulness to be useful in improving healthcare providers’ empathy. Three different measures where used to assess empathy, making the comparison between these studies difficult.
The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE)48 was used in 4 studies. The JSPE is a self-assessment tool, which evaluates empathy specifically in physicians. Previous studies have suggested that the scale consists of three components: perspective taking, compassionate care and standing in the patient’ s shoes. The 4 studies that used the JSPE found MBSR-based interventions to be associated with …show more content…
The IRI measures four dimensions of empathy: (1) perspective taking (adopting the point of view of other people), (2) fantasy (transposing oneself into fictitious characters), (3) empathic concern (showing concern for others) and (4) personal distress (emotional reactions to the emotions of others). The 2 studies that used the IRI as a measure of empathy in healthcare providers found no statistically significant change in empathy. In a study with medical and nursing students by Beddoe et al. (2004)53, the use of an 8-week MBSR course was associated with a strong positive downward trend on the fantasy scale and on the personal distress scale mean scores, but the results were not statistically significant. Mean scores on the perspective taking and empathic concern scales were also positively trended upward, but the results were not statistically significant53. Galantino et al. (2005)54 found no statistically significant results on the 4 subscales of the IRI with a group of healthcare …show more content…
(1998)55 used and adapted version of the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS)56, which measures an overall level of empathy. The authors found that the participation in a 7-week mindfulness-based intervention was effective to significantly increase scores on overall empathy levels in medical and premedical students.
Other outcomes
Outcomes in this category include meaning in life, personality, sense of coherence and sense of efficacy. The most measured outcome in this category is the sense of coherence. Four studies measured that outcome, all of them using the SOC-Orientation to life Questionnaire57, a measure that has three subscales that correspond to the sense of comprehensibility, sense of manageability and sense of meaningfulness, three factors that indicate an ability to cope with stress and maintenance of health58. Out of 4 studies, 3, or 75%, found mindfulness to be effective in improving the sense of coherence.
Emotional