Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Central Queensland University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2022 Nov;43(11):1014-1021. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2022.2116510. Epub 2022 Sep 2.
The origins of mindfulness go back some 25 centuries to Eastern teachings, including Buddhism and Hinduism. Mindfulness-based interventions gained credence in Western mental health settings in the late 1970s through the work of medical researcher Kabat-Zinn, whose interest in Eastern meditation led him to develop a program for stress reduction. Since then, mindfulness-based interventions have been utilized for various populations, including older people with anxiety. Group mindfulness-based interventions have demonstrated benefits for older people with anxiety living in residential aged care and the community. In primary care settings, innovative delivery models for group mindfulness-based interventions could be facilitated by nurses to support older people with anxiety to age in place with dignity. The benefits of mindfulness-based interventions suggest the value of integrating ancient Eastern techniques with modern Western strategies to achieve better health outcomes for older people with mental health concerns.
正念的起源可以追溯到 25 个世纪前的东方教义，包括佛教和印度教。正念干预在 20 世纪 70 年代末通过医学研究员卡巴金（Kabat-Zinn）的工作在西方心理健康环境中获得了认可，他对东方冥想的兴趣促使他开发了一种减压方案。从那时起，正念干预已被用于各种人群，包括患有焦虑症的老年人。基于小组的正念干预措施已经证明对居住在养老院和社区的患有焦虑症的老年人有益。在初级保健环境中，护士可以通过创新的小组正念干预措施的交付模式，支持患有焦虑症的老年人有尊严地安享晚年。正念干预措施的好处表明，将古老的东方技术与现代西方策略相结合，以实现有心理健康问题的老年人更好的健康结果具有价值。
