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Evidence suggests Meditation maydecreaseBurnout.

7 studies (6 claims)

Emerging evidence

Study Claims

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Intervention	Direction	Endpoint	Type	Population	Dosage	Title
VR-based mindfulness meditation	Decreases - can reduce	resident burnout	Human	residents	Weekly use (specific duration per session not stated).	Incorporating Virtual Reality to Improve Otolaryngology Resident Wellness: One Institution's Experience.cited 16×
meditation	Decreases - reductions	burnout	Human	healthcare workers	Not specified	Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review.cited 105×
meditation	No effect - evaluated	burnout	Human	physicians and nurses	Not specified	Interventions to reduce burnout of physicians and nurses: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.cited 120×
loving-kindness meditation (LKM)	Decreases - significantly reduced	overall scores of burnout	Human	NICU nurses	20-minute audio files of LKM, 3 times a week.	The Impact of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Job-Related Burnout of Nurses Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
Mindfulness meditation	Decreases - has a beneficial effect on	burnout	Human	doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers	Not specified	Mindfulness in healthcare professionals and medical education.cited 41×
smartphone delivered mindfulness (SDM) intervention, Headspace, an audio-guided mindfulness meditation program	Decreases - showed marginally less	burnout	Human	novice nurses	Not specified	Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention.cited 81×
mindfulness-based interventions or educational programs combined with meditation	Decreases - may be effective treatment options	burnout	Human	—	Not specified	Orthopaedic Surgeon Burnout: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention.cited 57×