Keywords
Healthcare workers
Stress
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Abstract
Objective: To analyze the influence of Mindfulness on stress reduction among healthcare professionals. Methods: Integrative review, in the databases Virtual Health Library (BVS) and National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health (PubMed). The search was realized in august 2024. The descriptors in health sciences (DeCS) were: “Mindfulness,” “Healthcare workers,” and the keyword “Stress,” combined with the Boolean operator “AND”. The inclusion criteria were: articles published between 2019 and 2024, articles written in Portuguese, articles written in English, articles published in journals, and original articles. Results: This study was conducted through the analysis of 16 articles on the influence of mindfulness in reducing stress among healthcare professionals. The results obtained are presented in Table 1 and demonstrate that mindfulness programs helped healthcare professionals cope with workplace stress, facilitating clinical practices, fostering calm, focus, and acceptance of limitations, while increasing compassion and attention to patients. Conclusion: Based on the studies, it was evident that mindfulness has a positive and significant influence on stress reduction among healthcare professionals.
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