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Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Nurses treating patients having psychiatric disorders experience numerous stressful events affecting patients' care. Mindfulness mantram repetition, where a sacred word or phrase is silently repeated, can be used as a stress management technique to retrain an individual's attention. Aim: To evaluate the effect of mantram repetition as mindfulness strategy on psychological wellbeing among nurses in psychiatric wards. Design: Quasi-experimental (one group pre-post). Setting: The research carried out at "The Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery Center, affiliated to Tanta University Hospitals, Gharbya governorate, Egypt. Subject: A convenience sample of 50 nurses. Tools: two tools used in this research Tool I;The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Tool II; Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB). Results: A high statistically significant differences between nurses' levels of stress before and after the mindfulness mantram repetition intervention (P-value = 0.000). A high statistically significant differences between nurse's psychological wellbeing before and after the mindfulness mantram repetition intervention (P-value = 0.000), and a statistically significant negative correlation between nurses' level of stress, and their psychological wellbeing r = -.381, P-value = 0.06. Conclusion: The mindfulness mantram repetition intervention had a considerable positive impact on reducing the nurses' stress and improving their psychological wellbeing. Recommendations: Enhancing nurses' coping mechanisms by making time for mindfulness activities and encouraging them to use this activity.  

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10.21608/ejnsr.2023.287438

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Mantram Repetition, Mindfulness, Psychological wellbeing, Stress

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Amina

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El-Salamony

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Ahmed Wahba

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Lecturer, Psychiatric Nursing & Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.

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Omnya

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El-ayari

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Sobhy Mohamad

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Lecturer, Psychiatric Nursing & Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.

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3

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38565

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2023-01-01

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2022-12-09

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2023-01-01

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204

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220

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2682-4574

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International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research

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Effect of Mantram Repetition as Mindfulness Strategy on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Psychiatric Wards

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25 Dec 2024