Job StressMIND-NURSENCT07402564
Mindfulness-Based Program for Nurses' Stress, Satisfaction, and Performance
A study testing Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program in people with Job Stress and Job Satisfaction, run by Kamuran Cerit.
Trial summary
Nurses often work in busy and stressful hospital environments, which can affect their well-being, job satisfaction, and work performance. Mindfulness is a set of practices that help individuals focus on the present moment and cope better with stress. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, Work Performance
- What is being tested?
- Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 64 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Mar 2026to Nov 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Currently employed as a staff nurse in the hospital's clinical units.
- Willing to voluntarily participate in the study.
Who cannot join
- Previous participation in any mindfulness-based program.
- Presence of a major psychiatric disorder or currently receiving psychiatric medication or psychotherapy.
- Active medical condition that prevents participation in the program (e.g., malignancy).
- Currently experiencing bereavement.
- Holding managerial or head nurse positions, due to different roles and responsibilities.
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation Program on Job Stress, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Study
Nurses often work in busy and stressful hospital environments, which can affect their well-being, job satisfaction, and work performance. Mindfulness is a set of practices that help individuals focus on the present moment and cope better with stress. Mindfulness-based programs have been shown to reduce stress and improve emotional well-being in healthcare workers, but their effects on nurses' job satisfaction and work performance are not yet well understood.
This study aims to examine whether a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program can reduce job stress and improve job satisfaction and job performance among nurses. The study will include nurses working in a public hospital in Isparta, Turkey. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group that receives the mindfulness program or a control group. All participants will complete assessments before the program, after the program, and again three months later.
The findings of this study are expected to provide useful information on whether mindfulness training can improve nurse's important work-related outcomes.
Read the detailed description
Mindfulness has long been an important area of research in clinical psychology, and its use has expanded into organizational settings as evidence grows regarding its positive effects on employees' well-being and work-related outcomes. Nurses, who often work under heavy workload, emotional demands, and stressful conditions in hospital environments, are among the occupational groups that may benefit most from such interventions. High levels of work stress among nurses can negatively influence their psychological, physiological, and social well-being, and can reduce job satisfaction and work performance.
Although previous studies have examined the impact of mindfulness-based programs on outcomes such as stress, burnout, empathy, depressive symptoms, and quality of work life among nurses, the evidence regarding their effects on job satisfaction is limited and inconsistent. Moreover, mindfulness-based interventions have rarely been evaluated in relation to the multidimensional nature of nurses' job performance. There remains a need for well-designed studies that examine how mindfulness training may influence nurses' job-related outcomes more comprehensively.
This study aims to address this gap by evaluating the effects of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on job stress, job satisfaction, and job performance among nurses working in a major public hospital in Isparta, Turkey. The study will employ a randomized controlled design with baseline, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up assessments. Nurses will be randomly allocated to an intervention group, which will participate in the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, or to a control group that will not receive any intervention during the study period.
The intervention includes structured psychoeducational content and mindfulness practices tailored for healthcare professionals, focusing on developing present-moment awareness, improving coping skills, and enhancing emotional balance in demanding clinical environments. By assessing changes across multiple time points, the study aims to provide a more complete understanding of the program's short-term and sustained effects.
The findings are expected to contribute to the literature by offering clearer evidence on whether mindfulness-based programs can improve nurses' job stress and key job-related outcomes, particularly job satisfaction and multidimensional job performance, which have been insufficiently explored in previous research.
- Conditions
- Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, Work Performance
- Being tested
- Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program
- Keywords
- Mindfulness, mindfulness-based intervention, job stress, job satisfaction, job performance, nurses, randomized controlled trial
- Medical subject headings
- Occupational Stress
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation ProgramBehavioural
The mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, developed by an Associate Professor in psychiatric nursing, consists of four weekly 90-minute sessions tailored to nurses' working conditions. It includes selected exercises from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programs, along with homework to practice skills between sessions. The program's content and objectives were validated by ten mindfulness experts using the Lawshe method and Content Validity Ratios.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program | Experimental | The intervention group will consist of nurses assigned to three separate groups, each including 10-12 participants. The mindfulness training program will be delivered once per week for 90 minutes, for a total of four sessions. To prevent information sharing with the control group, participants will provide informed consent agreeing not to discuss the training content during the study period. Assessments will be administered at Week 4 (immediately after the final session) and at Week 16 (12 weeks after the final session). Receives: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program |
| Control Group | No intervention | Participants in the control group (Wait-List Control) will not receive the intervention during the study period but will complete all assessments at Week 0 (Baseline), Week 4, and Week 16. After all data collection is completed, they will be offered the mindfulness program.This design ensures that all participants have access to the program while maintaining a proper control comparison. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Job stress
Job stress will be measured using the General Work Stress Scale (GİSÖ), adapted into Turkish by Teleş (2021). The scale consists of 9 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Never, 5 = Always) and evaluates general work-related stress among nurses.
Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction will be assessed using the Short Form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (SFMSQ), Turkish version by Baycan (1985). The scale includes 20 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Very dissatisfied, 5 = Very satisfied) and measures overall job satisfaction, intrinsic satisfaction, and extrinsic satisfaction.
Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Individual Job Performance
Individual job performance will be measured using the Individual Job Performance Scale, Turkish adaptation (Köroğlu Kaba \& Öztürk, 2021). The 14-item scale assesses three domains: task performance (items 1-5), contextual performance (items 6-11), and counterproductive work behavior (items 12-14), rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Rarely, 5 = Always).
Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Secondary outcomes (2)
Mindfulness Level
Mindfulness will be measured using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) (Brown \& Ryan, 2003). The scale contains 15 items and provides a single total score reflecting the general tendency to be attentive and aware of present-moment experiences in daily life.
Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Demographic Information
Demographic characteristics including age, gender, education, marital status, work experience, and department will be collected using a researcher-developed questionnaire.
Measured: Baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Feb 2026
- Study startMar 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionJun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completionNov 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (6)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Job StressStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group, which will receive the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, or the control group, which will receive no intervention during the study period. Both groups will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and at 3-month follow-up.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kamuran Cerit
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Kamuran Cerit, Suleyman Demirel University
- Investigators
- Kamuran Cerit, Principal investigator, Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07402564
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SDU-KC-MINDFULNESS
- Acronym
- MIND-NURSE
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 19 Nov 2025
- Last updated
- 11 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided: Any potential future sharing would follow strict anonymization and ethical approval procedures to protect participant confidentiality.
Publications
Hilcove K, Marceau C, Thekdi P, Larkey L, Brewer MA, Jones K. Holistic Nursing in Practice: Mindfulness-Based Yoga as an Intervention to Manage Stress and Burnout. J Holist Nurs. 2021 Mar;39(1):29-42. doi: 10.1177/0898010120921587. Epub 2020 May 27.
PubMed 32460584Parvaresh, M., Taghinezhad, N., Amirfakhraei, A., & Sabahizadeh, M. (2023). Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Flexibility Training on Nurses' Job Satisfaction. Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling, 5(2), 146-155.
Ghawadra SF, Lim Abdullah K, Choo WY, Danaee M, Phang CK. The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial. J Nurs Manag. 2020 Jul;28(5):1088-1097. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13049. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
PubMed 32432795Çalışkan, B.B., Güneş, A., Tekin, Y.E., Ayvaz, M.Y., & Kızıl, H. (2024). The effect of conscious mindfulness-based program (MBP) applied to emergency nurses on their anxiety and quality of life: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, 15(3), 225-233.
Bazarko D, Cate RA, Azocar F, Kreitzer MJ. The Impact of an Innovative Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on the Health and Well-Being of Nurses Employed in a Corporate Setting. J Workplace Behav Health. 2013 Apr;28(2):107-133. doi: 10.1080/15555240.2013.779518.
PubMed 23667348Alfurjani AM, Al-Hammouri MM, Rababah JA, Alhawatmeh HN, Hall LA. The effect of a mindfulness-based intervention on stress overload, depression, and mindfulness among nurses: A randomized controlled trial. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2024 Feb;21(1):34-44. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12695. Epub 2023 Dec 11.
PubMed 38083806
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation Program on Job Stress, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07402564
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MIND-NURSE / SDU-KC-MINDFULNESS
- Conditions
- Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, Work Performance
- Keywords
- Mindfulness, mindfulness-based intervention, job stress, job satisfaction, job performance, nurses, randomized controlled trial
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Kamuran CeritUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Nov 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 11 Feb 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Nurses often work in busy and stressful hospital environments, which can affect their well-being, job satisfaction, and work performance. Mindfulness is a set of practices that help individuals focus on the present moment and cope better with stress. Mindfulness-based programs have been shown to reduce stress and improve emotional well-being in healthcare workers, but their effects on nurses' job satisfaction and work performance are not yet well understood.
This study aims to examine whether a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program can reduce job stress and improve job satisfaction and job performance among nurses. The study will include nurses working in a public hospital in Isparta, Turkey. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group that receives the mindfulness program or a control group. All participants will complete assessments before the program, after the program, and again three months later.
The findings of this study are expected to provide useful information on whether mindfulness training can improve nurse's important work-related outcomes.
Detailed description
Mindfulness has long been an important area of research in clinical psychology, and its use has expanded into organizational settings as evidence grows regarding its positive effects on employees' well-being and work-related outcomes. Nurses, who often work under heavy workload, emotional demands, and stressful conditions in hospital environments, are among the occupational groups that may benefit most from such interventions. High levels of work stress among nurses can negatively influence their psychological, physiological, and social well-being, and can reduce job satisfaction and work performance.
Although previous studies have examined the impact of mindfulness-based programs on outcomes such as stress, burnout, empathy, depressive symptoms, and quality of work life among nurses, the evidence regarding their effects on job satisfaction is limited and inconsistent. Moreover, mindfulness-based interventions have rarely been evaluated in relation to the multidimensional nature of nurses' job performance. There remains a need for well-designed studies that examine how mindfulness training may influence nurses' job-related outcomes more comprehensively.
This study aims to address this gap by evaluating the effects of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on job stress, job satisfaction, and job performance among nurses working in a major public hospital in Isparta, Turkey. The study will employ a randomized controlled design with baseline, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up assessments. Nurses will be randomly allocated to an intervention group, which will participate in the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, or to a control group that will not receive any intervention during the study period.
The intervention includes structured psychoeducational content and mindfulness practices tailored for healthcare professionals, focusing on developing present-moment awareness, improving coping skills, and enhancing emotional balance in demanding clinical environments. By assessing changes across multiple time points, the study aims to provide a more complete understanding of the program's short-term and sustained effects.
The findings are expected to contribute to the literature by offering clearer evidence on whether mindfulness-based programs can improve nurses' job stress and key job-related outcomes, particularly job satisfaction and multidimensional job performance, which have been insufficiently explored in previous research.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group, which will receive the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, or the control group, which will receive no intervention during the study period. Both groups will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and at 3-month follow-up.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program | Experimental | Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation ProgramThe intervention group will consist of nurses assigned to three separate groups, each including 10-12 participants. The mindfulness training program will be delivered once per week for 90 minutes, for a total of four sessions. To prevent information sharing with the control group, participants will provide informed consent agreeing not to discuss the training content during the study period. Assessments will be administered at Week 4 (immediately after the final session) and at Week 16 (12 weeks after the final session). |
| Control Group | No intervention | –Participants in the control group (Wait-List Control) will not receive the intervention during the study period but will complete all assessments at Week 0 (Baseline), Week 4, and Week 16. After all data collection is completed, they will be offered the mindfulness program.This design ensures that all participants have access to the program while maintaining a proper control comparison. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Currently employed as a staff nurse in the hospital's clinical units.
- Willing to voluntarily participate in the study.
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Previous participation in any mindfulness-based program.
- Presence of a major psychiatric disorder or currently receiving psychiatric medication or psychotherapy.
- Active medical condition that prevents participation in the program (e.g., malignancy).
- Currently experiencing bereavement.
- Holding managerial or head nurse positions, due to different roles and responsibilities.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation ProgramThe mindfulness-based psychoeducation program, developed by an Associate Professor in psychiatric nursing, consists of four weekly 90-minute sessions tailored to nurses' working conditions. It includes selected exercises from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programs, along with homework to practice skills between sessions. The program's content and objectives were validated by ten mindfulness experts using the Lawshe method and Content Validity Ratios. | Behavioural | Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program |
Primary outcome
Job stress
Time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Job stress will be measured using the General Work Stress Scale (GİSÖ), adapted into Turkish by Teleş (2021). The scale consists of 9 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Never, 5 = Always) and evaluates general work-related stress among nurses.
Job Satisfaction
Time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Job satisfaction will be assessed using the Short Form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (SFMSQ), Turkish version by Baycan (1985). The scale includes 20 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Very dissatisfied, 5 = Very satisfied) and measures overall job satisfaction, intrinsic satisfaction, and extrinsic satisfaction.
Individual Job Performance
Time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Individual job performance will be measured using the Individual Job Performance Scale, Turkish adaptation (Köroğlu Kaba \& Öztürk, 2021). The 14-item scale assesses three domains: task performance (items 1-5), contextual performance (items 6-11), and counterproductive work behavior (items 12-14), rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Rarely, 5 = Always).
2 secondary outcomes
Mindfulness Level
Time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16
Demographic Information
Time frame: Baseline
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Feb 2026.
- Background: PubMed 32460584Hilcove K, Marceau C, Thekdi P, Larkey L, Brewer MA, Jones K. Holistic Nursing in Practice: Mindfulness-Based Yoga as an Intervention to Manage Stress and Burnout. J Holist Nurs. 2021 Mar;39(1):29-42. doi: 10.1177/0898010120921587. Epub 2020 May 27.
- BackgroundParvaresh, M., Taghinezhad, N., Amirfakhraei, A., & Sabahizadeh, M. (2023). Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Flexibility Training on Nurses' Job Satisfaction. Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling, 5(2), 146-155.
- Background: PubMed 32432795Ghawadra SF, Lim Abdullah K, Choo WY, Danaee M, Phang CK. The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial. J Nurs Manag. 2020 Jul;28(5):1088-1097. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13049. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
- BackgroundÇalışkan, B.B., Güneş, A., Tekin, Y.E., Ayvaz, M.Y., & Kızıl, H. (2024). The effect of conscious mindfulness-based program (MBP) applied to emergency nurses on their anxiety and quality of life: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, 15(3), 225-233.
- Background: PubMed 23667348Bazarko D, Cate RA, Azocar F, Kreitzer MJ. The Impact of an Innovative Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on the Health and Well-Being of Nurses Employed in a Corporate Setting. J Workplace Behav Health. 2013 Apr;28(2):107-133. doi: 10.1080/15555240.2013.779518.
- Background: PubMed 38083806Alfurjani AM, Al-Hammouri MM, Rababah JA, Alhawatmeh HN, Hall LA. The effect of a mindfulness-based intervention on stress overload, depression, and mindfulness among nurses: A randomized controlled trial. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2024 Feb;21(1):34-44. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12695. Epub 2023 Dec 11.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided. Any potential future sharing would follow strict anonymization and ethical approval procedures to protect participant confidentiality.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Kamuran Cerit principal investigator
Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program in people with Job Stress and Job Satisfaction, run by Kamuran Cerit.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Kamuran Cerit, PhD (+9 05336199839, kamurancerit@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Job stress (time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 16). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07402564, which also lists 6 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Feb 2026.