| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT, Taiwan |
| Participants |
137 nurses |
| Interventions |
1) Experimental: Training about stress at work, relaxation, breathing, imagery and meditation: One 90‐minute session in each of 2 weeks and 1 follow‐up session in the 5th week. Training covered: sources of stress at work, relaxation as a coping method and meditation including breathing exercise and imagery that emphasised the underlying cognitive process of meditation.
2) Control: traditional in‐service education about theory analysis |
| Outcomes |
Nurse Stress Checklist, Chinese General Health Questionnaire |
| Identification |
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| Notes |
GHQ included in analysis 2.1. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "For each unit, a coin was thrown to select which nurse from this unit would be assigned to either the experimental or control group." (p. 56) |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Participants not blinded. |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Participants were not blinded whereas outcomes are self‐reported. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
It is unclear if any participants dropped out |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All outcomes reported |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
We did not find any indications of other sources of bias |
