Department of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 2;101(35):e30260. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000030260.
Employee stress and well-being affect organizational efficiency and productivity, as well as physical and psychological health of employees. Mindfulness is believed to reduce stress, prevent diseases, and promote well-being. Mindfulness has been used as the main component of various smartphone-based healthcare applications. Previous studies have suggested that mindfulness applications have a positive effect on employee stress and mental health. However, relatively few randomized controlled trials have examined the effectiveness of mindfulness applications on employees. This study aims to evaluate whether mobile mindfulness training (MMT) as a stress self-management tool improves employees' perceived stress, subjective well-being, and Mibyeong, a condition that is not a disease but shows obvious health abnormalities.
Participants were recruited through advertisements displayed at 3 workplaces, including a patent attorney's office, a construction company, and a public relations firm. A total of 45 employees were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: the MMT group (Group A) receiving smartphone application-based mindfulness training, and a wait-list control (WLC) group (Group B), who received no intervention. Group A employees conducted MMT following daily and event guidelines for 4 weeks. In contrast, Group B employees did not receive any intervention in that time. The outcome variables were perceived stress, subjective well-being, and Mibyeong. Surveys were conducted at baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up (fourth week post-intervention).
Demographic characteristics and baseline assessments were not significantly different between the 2 groups. The results of this study revealed that subjective well-being and Mibyeong were significantly improved in the MMT group compared with the WLC group. Moreover, this improvement was maintained up to at least 4 weeks later. However, perceived stress was not significantly reduced in the MMT group compared to the WLC group.
Four weeks of MMT improved the subjective well-being and Mibyeong of employees. However, further studies are required to investigate the effect of MMT on other areas of mental health.
员工的压力和幸福感不仅会影响组织的效率和生产力，还会影响员工的身心健康。正念被认为可以减轻压力、预防疾病、促进幸福感。正念已被用作各种基于智能手机的医疗保健应用程序的主要组成部分。以前的研究表明，正念应用程序对员工的压力和心理健康有积极影响。然而，相对较少的随机对照试验研究了正念应用程序对员工的有效性。本研究旨在评估移动正念训练（MMT）作为一种压力管理工具是否可以改善员工的感知压力、主观幸福感和 Mibyeong，这是一种未病但表现出明显健康异常的状态。
参与者通过在 3 家工作场所（包括专利律师事务所、建筑公司和公关公司）展示的广告招募。共有 45 名员工被随机分配到 2 个组之一：接受基于智能手机应用程序的正念训练的 MMT 组（A 组）和等待名单对照（WLC）组（B 组），后者在那段时间没有接受任何干预。A 组员工按照日常和事件指南进行 4 周的 MMT。相比之下，B 组员工在那段时间没有接受任何干预。结果变量是感知压力、主观幸福感和 Mibyeong。在基线、干预后和随访（干预后第四周）时进行调查。
两组的人口统计学特征和基线评估没有显著差异。研究结果表明，与 WLC 组相比，MMT 组的主观幸福感和 Mibyeong 显著改善。此外，这种改善至少持续到 4 周后。然而，与 WLC 组相比，MMT 组的感知压力并没有显著降低。
4 周的 MMT 提高了员工的主观幸福感和 Mibyeong。然而，需要进一步研究 MMT 对其他心理健康领域的影响。
