The effects of loving-kindness meditation on doctors' communication anxiety, trust, calling and defensive medicine practice.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

BioPsychoSocial Medicine Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI:10.1186/s13030-024-00307-7

Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Kan Wu, Chia-Yih Liu, Wen-Ko Chiou

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Abstract

Objective: The study investigated the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on doctors' communication anxiety, trust, calling, and defensive medicine practice.

Methods: This study recruited 94 doctors from a hospital in China, randomized them to an LKM group (n = 47), and waited for the control group (n = 47). The experimental group accepted an 8-week LKM interference while the waiting for the control group underwent no interference. Researchers measured four major variable factors (communication anxiety, trust, calling, and defensive medicine practice) before and after the LKM intervention.

Results: In the experimental group, trust, and calling were significantly higher, and communication anxiety, and defensive medicine practice were significantly lower than in the control group. In the control group, there were no noticeable differences in any of the four variables between the pre-test and post-test.

Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate that LKM may help to improve trust, and calling, and reduce communication anxiety and defensive medicine practice. The finding of LKM's effect extends the understanding of the integrative effects of positive psychology on the decrease of defensive medicine practice.

Trial registration: ChiCTR2300074568. Registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR), 9 August, 2023.

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慈爱冥想对医生沟通焦虑、信任、呼叫和防御性医疗实践的影响。

目的：本研究探讨了慈爱冥想（LKM）对医生沟通焦虑、信任、呼叫和防御性医疗实践的影响：本研究探讨了慈爱冥想（LKM）对医生的沟通焦虑、信任、呼叫和防御性医疗实践的影响：本研究从中国某医院招募了94名医生，将他们随机分为LKM组（47人）和对照组（47人）。实验组接受为期 8 周的兰光干扰，而等待对照组则不接受任何干扰。研究人员测量了兰光干预前后的四个主要变量因素（沟通焦虑、信任、呼叫和防御性医疗实践）：结果：与对照组相比，实验组的信任度和呼叫率明显较高，而沟通焦虑和防御性医疗行为则明显较低。在对照组中，四个变量在测试前和测试后都没有明显差异：本研究的结果表明，兰考医学可以帮助提高信任度和感召力，减少沟通焦虑和防御性医疗行为。LKM效果的发现扩展了人们对积极心理学对减少防御性医疗实践的综合效果的理解：ChiCTR2300074568。注册于中国临床试验注册中心（ChiCTR），2023年8月9日。

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BioPsychoSocial Medicine Multiple-

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3.60

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18 weeks

期刊介绍： BioPsychoSocial Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the interrelationships between the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of health and illness. BioPsychoSocial Medicine is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, and publishes research on psychosomatic disorders and diseases that are characterized by objective organic changes and/or functional changes that could be induced, progressed, aggravated, or exacerbated by psychological, social, and/or behavioral factors and their associated psychosomatic treatments.