Mindfulness Meditation and Anxiety in Nursing Students

Nurs Educ Perspect. 2020 Jul/Aug;41(4):244-245. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000635.

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study used a convenience sample of nursing students (n = 49) to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on anxiety. Students participated in mindfulness meditation sessions and completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. A statistically significant reduction in trait anxiety was found in the intervention group (p = .000); state anxiety decreased but not significantly. In contrast, anxiety increased significantly in the comparison group, but progression was not significantly different between groups. Trait anxiety may decrease with mindfulness meditation.

Publication types

  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Anxiety / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Meditation / psychology*
  • Mindfulness*
  • Students, Nursing / psychology*