Jyotiben Somabhai Patel
Tata Memorial Hospital. Mumbai, India
Abstract Title: Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practice associated with meditation among tertiary health care workers
Biography:
Jyotiben Somabhai Patel completed her Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery from L.G. Hospital, from Gujarat Nursing Council, Ahmadabad in the year 1992. She has done a course in Infection Control, from S.N.D.T College, Mumbai, conducted in Tata Memorial Hospital in the year 2002, she has done 1st and 2nd degree of reiki therapy from Gujrat, Baroda and she has completed a Head and Neck Cancer Certificate Course, from Tata Memorial Hospital in the year 2006. She completed Diploma in Nursing Administration from Indira Gandhi Open University, Mumbai in the year 2012. She received her MBA degree in Hospital Administration from ICFAI (Sikkim, Manipal University) Mumbai in the year 2016 She completed a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) from S.N.D.T College Mumbai in the year 2017. She is has completed her study MSC in counselling and spiritual health from Annamalai university, from Tamilnadu India. And now she is continuing her PhD in psychology from the International Manipur University.
She was awarded for her contribution by the Radiation Medicine Centre, BARC, and Mumbai in the year 2014. She presented her study TITLE - “To assess knowledge about breast cancer awareness among novice nurses in tertiary cancer centre”, At the Allied Academies 16th international conference in Germany, in the year 2019, She presented her study at the Nursing Research Conference Singapore, Title – Awareness regarding the adverse effect of tobacco among labour staff in the tertiary cancer hospital, She has present her study 2024 in UICC World Congress “Assessment of Psychological Distress and Emotional Well-being among Patients Attending Screening for Common Cancers at Tertiary Cancer Hospital” A Cross-Sectional Study, Switzerland.
Currently working as a Nurse In charge in the department of Preventive Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital. Mumbai, India.
Research Interest:
Background: It is common for nurses to suffer occupational suffering exhaustion resulting from stress at work when they are regularly exposed to trauma, suffering, and high workloads. In addition to negatively impacting patient care, exhaustion can also negatively impact nurses' mental and physical health. In addition to calming the present awareness, emotional regulation, and positive thinking, meditation-based stress reduction programs have been studied as a potential holistic intervention for reducing stress and burnout in nurses.
Aim:
- The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with meditation among oncology nurses and investigate the relationship between perceived stress, trait mindfulness, and meditation. A number of factors were also examined that were associated with interest in an online meditation program.
- To investigate whether meditation is feasible, acceptable, or effective for alleviating stress and trauma.
Methods: A survey-based cross-sectional study of 201 nurses in Tata Memorial Hospital assessed knowledge of meditation, attitudes toward meditation, and meditation experience.
Keywords: Meditation, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice(KAP), tertiary health care workers, Mental health, nursing; stress; suffering exhaustion; occupational stress; stress management; stress and coping.
Result and Conclusion: The demographical characteristics of the study sample like age, sex, marital status, and religion for n = 201 nurses. Among 201 nurses, 24.9 % (n = 50) had done online meditation before where 73.6% (n = 148) had not done online meditation. The majority of the participants who did meditation and felt relaxed was 94% (n = 47), but 6% (n = 3) did meditation but didn’t feel relaxed.
98% of the nurses were able to concentrate very well after meditation while 2% couldn’t.
96% of nurses agree with the fact that meditation can help people to cope with stress and this is the act of calming the mind.
A total of 77.1% (n=155) also agree that meditation can make people become more aware of their negative thoughts.93% of nurses who had not done online meditation before also agreed that meditation helps them to stay healthy.
Table II presents 96% who did meditation prior also agreed with the same and there were no significant differences between their opinions with the persons who had done online medication before.
The result reveals evidence that meditation is effective in decreasing stress and suffering exhaustion in nurses. Meditation-based interventions have been shown to signi?cantly decrease stress, improve all aspects of suffering and exhaustion, and increase self-compassion and compassion sat- is a faction, of practicing nurses.