Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

BackgroundFirefighters are often exposed to occupational stressors that can result in psychological distress (ie, anxiety and depression) and burnout. These occupational stressors have only intensified with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely persist in the pos...

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Main Authors:	Thaddeus W W Pace, Katharine H Zeiders, Stephanie H Cook, Evelyn D Sarsar, Lindsay T Hoyt, Nicholas L Mirin, Erica P Wood, Raquel Tatar, Richard J Davidson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JMIR Publications 2022-06-01
Series:	JMIR Formative Research
Online Access:	https://formative.jmir.org/2022/6/e34951

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