THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE MINDFULNESS-BASED PROGRAM ON STRESS AND MINDFULNESS IN NURSING STUDENTS

Abstract

               Objective: To study the effect of Online Mindfulness-Based Program on stress and mindfulness levels in Nursing Students.

               Methods: The samples of this quasi-experimental research were 54 nursing students in their first year at the Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Nakhon Ratchasima. The participants were pair matching selected and assigned to experimental (n = 29) or control (n = 25) groups. The research instruments comprised of the Online Mindfulness-Based Program, the Suanprung Stress Test 20 and Mindfulness Assessment Scale. The data were collected for the pre-test, the end of the intervention, and the 1-month follow-up. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent t-test and repeated measure ANOVA.

               Results: The results of the study showed a significant difference between the mean score of stress between experimental and control groups after the intervention and at the one-month follow-up (p < .05). The result revealed reductions of the mean score of stress of the experimental group compared with the control group. In the experimental group, it was found that the mean score of stress after the intervention and the 1-month follow-up was significantly lower than before the experiment.  (F(1, 104) = 95.246, p = .001). In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in the mean score of mindfulness between the experimental group and the control group. In the experimental group, the mean score of mindfulness after the intervention and the 1-month follow-up was not significantly difference.

Conclusion: The online mindfulness-based program significantly elicited decreases in stress among nursing students between the experimental and control groups.