Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19
Objective: To describe, with a mixed design study, healthcare professionals' pre-post descriptive measures of quality of life (subjective wellness) and prolonged fatigue, as well as an improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding micro-practices as a result of participation in a w...
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| author | Marie Leiner Maria Teresa Reyes-Chacón Flor Rocio Ramírez-Martínez Blanca Márquez-Miramontes |
| author_facet | Marie Leiner Maria Teresa Reyes-Chacón Flor Rocio Ramírez-Martínez Blanca Márquez-Miramontes |
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| description | Objective: To describe, with a mixed design study, healthcare professionals' pre-post
descriptive measures of quality of life (subjective wellness) and prolonged fatigue, as well as
an improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding micro-practices as a result of
participation in a wellness intervention before and during COVID-19.
Material and Methods: This study had a mixed design involving two independent groups of
healthcare professionals participating in a wellness intervention with micro-practices before
and during COVID-19. The intervention contained multimodal presentations with animated
cartoon stories, comics, storytelling, readings, breathing, mindfulness and visualization
exercises, adapted from second-order factors in the Indivisible Self model. Pre-post
descriptive measures of quality of life (subjective wellness), prolonged fatigue, as well as
improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding micro-practices were collected.
Results: Attending to either wellness interventions before or during COVID-19 had
a positive and, in some cases significant, effect on important indicators of quality-of-life
and prolonged fatigue among healthcare professionals. A qualitative analysis indicated
a subjective improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding the use of micropractices
included in the wellness interventions, regardless of whether these were presented
in person or virtually. Most participants subjectively indicated that they improved in the
targeted indicators, especially achievement of better wellness.
Conclusions: During ordinary and extraordinary circumstances, healthcare professionals
require specific interventions that act primarily to provide them with strategies that can
improve physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Use of micro-practices in multimodal
workshops to improve healthcare practitioner wellness is a successful tool for learning or
remembering the importance of pausing during daily clinical activities and refocusing their
energy.
Keywords: Holistic health; Health care providers; Health promotion, Working Conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7af1ed8ed8684eb7b302a5d9066533732023-02-09T18:02:03ZengUniversidad Juárez Autónoma de TabascoHorizonte Sanitario1665-32622007-74592022-12-01221192510.19136/hs.a22n1.50074402Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19Marie Leiner0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0831-3872Maria Teresa Reyes-Chacón1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4117-0607Flor Rocio Ramírez-Martínez2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-0897Blanca Márquez-Miramontes3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-9194Departamento de Pediatría – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – El PasoInstituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialResearch Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences and Administration of the Autonomous University of Ciudad JuárezAutonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Education, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MexicoObjective: To describe, with a mixed design study, healthcare professionals' pre-post descriptive measures of quality of life (subjective wellness) and prolonged fatigue, as well as an improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding micro-practices as a result of participation in a wellness intervention before and during COVID-19. Material and Methods: This study had a mixed design involving two independent groups of healthcare professionals participating in a wellness intervention with micro-practices before and during COVID-19. The intervention contained multimodal presentations with animated cartoon stories, comics, storytelling, readings, breathing, mindfulness and visualization exercises, adapted from second-order factors in the Indivisible Self model. Pre-post descriptive measures of quality of life (subjective wellness), prolonged fatigue, as well as improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding micro-practices were collected. Results: Attending to either wellness interventions before or during COVID-19 had a positive and, in some cases significant, effect on important indicators of quality-of-life and prolonged fatigue among healthcare professionals. A qualitative analysis indicated a subjective improvement in overall wellness and satisfaction regarding the use of micropractices included in the wellness interventions, regardless of whether these were presented in person or virtually. Most participants subjectively indicated that they improved in the targeted indicators, especially achievement of better wellness. Conclusions: During ordinary and extraordinary circumstances, healthcare professionals require specific interventions that act primarily to provide them with strategies that can improve physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Use of micro-practices in multimodal workshops to improve healthcare practitioner wellness is a successful tool for learning or remembering the importance of pausing during daily clinical activities and refocusing their energy. Keywords: Holistic health; Health care providers; Health promotion, Working Conditions.https://revistahorizonte.ujat.mx/index.php/horizonte/article/view/5007 |
| spellingShingle | Marie Leiner Maria Teresa Reyes-Chacón Flor Rocio Ramírez-Martínez Blanca Márquez-Miramontes Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 Horizonte Sanitario |
| title | Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 |
| title_full | Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 |
| title_short | Evaluating a wellness intervention including micro-practices for healthcare professionals before and during COVID-19 |
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| url | https://revistahorizonte.ujat.mx/index.php/horizonte/article/view/5007 |
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