Mindfulness smartphone application implementation to impact stress and burnout in adult healthcare professionals
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Many healthcare professionals are experiencing increased stress and burnout, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to negative individual and organizational outcomes such as mental illness, maladaptive coping, job dissatisfaction, poor patient care, and higher turnover costs. Mindfulness practice is a promising evidence-based approach to impact stress and burnout. This quality improvement pilot project evaluated the impact of a free mindfulness smartphone application on stress and burnout levels in certified or licensed adult healthcare professionals over 6 weeks. Using a quasi-experimental pre- and post-intervention design, the project assessed the Mindfulness Coach application’s (app) impact on stress and burnout using the Perceived Stress Scale and the Mini Z 2.0 survey. The results indicated that using the app significantly reduced perceived stress but did not impact burnout symptoms. Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc All rights reserved.