Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Healthcare Professional throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: a strategy for stress reduction and mental health care

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 triggered a serious global health crisis and the high levels of stress tend to compromise the entire population’s mental health, in particular, the healthcare professionals which are exposed to additional stress factors.Objectives: To evaluate the evidence for the use of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) for stress reduction healthcare professionals during the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Methods: A search at PubMed and Google Scholar was conducted between April and July 2020 with the words: mindfulness, stress, health professionals, and COVID-19.Results: Mindfulness can subsidize for developing skills such as self-knowledge, self-reflection, self-care, and non-judgmental; it can also influence positively the perception and management of stressful demands by healthcare professionals.Conclusion: MBI may be configured as an ,Prospectiveimportant tool for stress reduction in healthcare professionals throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and also be a good strategy for better maintenance of mental health state.

Keywords

• mindfulness
• healthcare professionals
• stress
• coronavirus infections
• mental health