title: A small randomized pilot study of a workplace mindfulness-based intervention for surgical intensive care unit personnel: effects on salivary α-amylase levels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether a workplace stress-reduction intervention decreases reactivity to stress among personnel exposed to a highly stressful occupational environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Personnel from a surgical intensive care unit were randomized to a stress-reduction intervention or a waitlist control group. The 8-week group mindfulness-based intervention included mindfulness, gentle yoga, and music. Psychological and biological markers of stress were measured 1 week before and 1 week after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Levels of salivary α-amylase, an index of sympathetic activation, were significantly decreased between the first and second assessments in the intervention group with no changes in the control group. There was a positive correlation between salivary α-amylase levels and burnout scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest that this type of intervention could decrease not only reactivity to stress but also the risk of burnout.
authors: From the Department of Psychiatry (Dr Duchemin, Dr Marks, and Mrs Vanover), The Ohio State University College of Medicine; and Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Program (Dr Duchemin), Critical Care Nursing, Wexner Medical Center (Mrs Steinberg), Department of Family Medicine (Dr Klatt), College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors: Anne-Marie
authors: AM
authors: Duchemin
authors: Beth A
authors: BA
authors: Steinberg
authors: Donald R
authors: DR
authors: Marks
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: Vanover
authors: Maryanna
authors: M
authors: Klatt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods*; D016272:Occupational Health; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases
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