Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Health and Social Care Education: a Cohort-Controlled Study.

Mindfulness practice has been recommended as part of health and social care education and training because of its potential benefits in fostering clinical skills and attitudes, increasing self-care, and reducing the effect of stress in education and occupation. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on stress, physical distress, job burnout, work engagement, and empathy for health and social care education. Students ( The results suggested that MBSR was associated with significant improvements in perceived efficacy and vigor and significant reductions in physical distress, total job burnout, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization of clients compared with the control group. This study contributes to the growing body of literature highlighting the potential use of mindfulness practice to improve students' personal well-being and professional growth in health and social care education. Mindfulness practice should be further promoted in health and social care education and training.

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