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Aim and objective: Mental well-being is one of the most important aspects of health. Life-threatening situations such as diseases affect mental well-being. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program is an effective program for improving well-being. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of MBSR programs on the mental well-being of patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Materials and methods: This randomized controlled trial study was conducted in 2021. We used simple random sampling for recruiting 60 patients with COVID-19 and assigned them to the intervention and control groups. The intervention comprised eight sessions of the MBSR and was performed for the experimental group. The control group received routine postdischarge care. We used a self-report demographic and Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale to collect data. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including Covariance, MANCOVA, and effect coefficient were used. The Significance level was considered lower than 0. 05. We used SPSS version 21 for data management. Results: The mean score of mental well-being in the intervention group was 56.76 ± 6.88 in the pretest stage and 80.76 ± 7.53 in the posttest stage, and that in the control group was 54.40 ± 10.31 in the pretest stage and 51.23 ± 10.08 in the posttest stage. There was no significant difference between the two groups before the intervention (p >0.05) but there was a significant difference (p <0.05) after the intervention. There was also a significant difference (p <0.05) between the dimensions of mental well-being before and after the intervention. Conclusion: According to our findings, it is recommend to use MBSR program in line with physical treatment for patients with COVID-19. How to cite this article: Sadooghiasl A, Ghalenow HR, Mahinfar K, Hashemi SS. Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program in Improving Mental Well-being of Patients with COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(4):439-445.
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Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unanticipated complications for leaders in education. One example involves school principals who have been forced to cope with the pandemic on top of performing their everyday work requirements. In this paper, I review the research on workplace stress and provide suggestions for achieving a good work-life balance based on mindfulness practices, chosen from the experience and added stress of school principals in coping with the unprecedented COVID-19 situation. Methods: I draw upon various sources of information, scientific literature, including more than 130 research journals, empirical studies, and field-based published data to inform the results and conclusion. Results: Various mindfulness-based practices, which can be done anywhere and in diverse settings, can be valuable options in managing the need for school leaders to achieve emotional and physical equilibrium, an equilibrium to improve their well-being and work-life balance and help to reduce their stress level. Conclusions: To support school leadership and avoid burnout, it is critical that we recognize this increasingly difficult situation and its consequences on them. A nurturing school climate must be established as we commit to advocate for the development of a sound, flexible work-life balance and resilience in education leaders.
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused great losses, generated anguish and suffering, forced humanity to find new answers to the urgent and unusual situation. How to deal with these situations from spirituality and from psychology? How to develop crisis coping strategies and how to put this at the service of people, groups and the community? One of the attempts to answer this question was to offer an extension course experimentally combining mindfulness and spirituality. Considering this proposal, the main objectives of this article are to present mindfulness and spirituality as strategic proposals for coping with crises such as the pandemic. In addition to the introduction, where the impact of the pandemic is briefly outlined and the extension course proposal is presented, the article is organized in two parts and the conclusion. The first part defines mindfulness and how it can contribute to crisis situations such as a pandemic. In the second part, the same is done with spirituality. In conclusion, some perceptions about the role of mindfulness and spirituality in dealing with the pandemic are highlighted and points to future possibilities of bringing mindfulness and spirituality closer together.