Mindfulness as an Antidote to Burnout for Nursing and Support Staff in an Oncological Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study

Departments of Critical Care and Palliative, Rehabilitation & Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Ms Urso); Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Drs Laserna, Nates, and Gutierrez); Department of Statistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Mr Feng); Limitless Yoga Project, Houston, Texas (Ms Agnite); Clinical Quality Improvement Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Ms Jawe); Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units, Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Mss Magoun and Layton); and Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units, and Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Nates).

Correspondence: Cristina Gutierrez, MD, Division of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Critical Care Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 112, Room B7.4320, Houston, TX 770130 ([email protected]).

The authors acknowledge all nursing staff who participated and were interested in the implementation of the LOTUS program at MDACC. In addition, to George Baum at MDACC for his help with implementing all surveys and tools in REDCap.

This study was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health through Cancer Center Support grant P30CA016672.

A.A. and C.U. are on the board of the nonprofit, Limitless Yoga Project, which provided the yoga therapy Mindfulness-Based Intervention, LOTUS.

Availability of individuals' data might be limited due to confidentiality concerns. Any requests can be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after contacting the corresponding author.

C.G. and C.U. contributed equally to and had full access to the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. A.A. (1000-IAYT) and C.U. (RYT-300) contributed to the design of the LOTUS program. C.G., C.U., A.A., A.L., N.J., C.M., and L.S.L. contributed to the implementation and recruitment of staff to participate in the LOTUS program. C.G., C.U., and A.A. contributed to data acquisition. L.F. conducted statistical analysis and all authors have interpreted the data. C.G. and C.U. drafted the manuscript and all authors have provided critical revision for content. All authors have e-read and approved the final manuscript.

This study was approved by the MD Anderson Cancer Center Quality Improvement Registry (no 296, 2018).

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare related to this manuscript.

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