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PubMed2026

From fear to empowerment: the impact of employees AI awareness on workplace well-being - a new insight from the JD-R model.

PURPOSE: The primary purpose of the study was to explore the impact of health workers' awareness of artificial intelligence (AI) on their workplace well-being, addressing a critical gap in the literature. By examining this relationship through the lens of the Job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the study aimed to provide insights into how health workers' perceptions of AI integration in their jobs and careers could influence their informal learning behaviour and, consequently, their overall well-being in the workplace. The study's findings could inform strategies for supporting healthcare workers during technological transformations. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The study employed a quantitative research design using a survey methodology to collect data from 420 health workers across 10 hospitals in Ghana that have adopted AI technologies. The study was analysed using OLS and structural equation modelling. FINDINGS: The study findings revealed that health workers' AI awareness positively impacts their informal learning behaviour at the workplace. Again, informal learning behaviour positively impacts health workers' workplace well-being. Moreover, informal learning behaviour mediates the relationship between health workers' AI awareness and workplace wellbeing. Furthermore, employee learning orientation was found to strengthen the effect of AI awareness on informal learning behaviour. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS: While the study provides valuable insights, it is important to acknowledge its limitations. The study was conducted in a specific context (Ghanaian hospitals adopting AI), which may limit the generalizability of the findings to other healthcare settings or industries. Self-reported data from the questionnaires may be subject to response biases, and the study did not account for potential confounding factors that could influence the relationships between the variables. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The study offers practical implications for healthcare organizations navigating the digital transformation era. By understanding the positive impact of health workers' AI awareness on their informal learning behaviour and well-being, organizations can prioritize initiatives that foster a learning-oriented culture and provide opportunities for informal learning. This could include implementing mentorship programs, encouraging knowledge-sharing among employees and offering training and development resources to help workers adapt to AI-driven changes. Additionally, the findings highlight the importance of promoting employee learning orientation, which can enhance the effectiveness of such initiatives. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The study contributes to the existing literature by addressing a relatively unexplored area - the impact of AI awareness on healthcare workers' well-being. While previous research has focused on the potential job displacement effects of AI, this study takes a unique perspective by examining how health workers' perceptions of AI integration can shape their informal learning behaviour and, subsequently, their workplace well-being. By drawing on the JD-R model and incorporating employee learning orientation as a moderator, the study offers a novel theoretical framework for understanding the implications of AI adoption in healthcare organizations.

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Effectiveness of Mobile-Delivered Exercise and Yoga Programs on Depressive Symptom Reduction in Employees: Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Mental health challenges such as stress and depression are prevalent among employees. Mobile health platforms that deliver exercise or yoga interventions offer a promising approach to improve mental health outcomes in this population. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of 12-session adaptive moderate-intensity exercise and yoga programs delivered via a motion-detecting digital platform in reducing stress and depressive symptoms among employees. METHODS: This was an unblinded, 3-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial conducted at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and Boramae Medical Center between November 2023 and January 2024. Eligible participants were full-time employees. Seventy-five participants were randomly assigned to an exercise, a yoga, or a cognitive behavioral therapy-based self-care control group using computer-generated randomization. The exercise and yoga groups engaged in motion-detecting, adaptive physical activity training, whereas the control group accessed mobile-based, self-directed stress management educational materials. The intervention was largely automated, with no individualized therapeutic guidance provided. Allocation was concealed until trial entry. All recruitment and outcome assessments were conducted in person at the hospitals. The primary outcomes were perceived stress and depressive symptoms, whereas the secondary outcomes included posttraumatic stress, insomnia severity, cognitive stress response, occupational stress, and burnout. Physiological outcomes were assessed using heart rate variability and electroencephalography. Measurements were collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and at 4-week follow-up. Data were analyzed using a multivariate linear model to evaluate the main effects of time, group, and time&#xd7;group interactions. RESULTS: Of the 75 randomized participants (exercise: n=24, 32%; yoga: n=25, 33.3%; and control: n=26, 34.7%), 71 (94.7%) who completed at least 9 of the 12 sessions (&#x2265;40 min each) were included in the outcome analysis (exercise: n=21, 29.5%; yoga: n=24, 33.8%; and control: n=26, 36.6%). For the coprimary outcomes, the group&#xd7;time interaction for depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) approached but did not reach the Bonferroni-corrected threshold (F4,136=2.71; P=.03; adjusted &#x3b1;=.025); however, planned pairwise comparisons revealed significantly greater improvement in the yoga group compared to the control group at 4-week follow-up (&#x3b2;=-3.67; adjusted P<.001). For the Perceived Stress Scale, the interaction was not significant (P=.29), although a significant main effect of time (P<.001) indicated overall stress reduction across all groups. For secondary outcomes, a significant group&#xd7;time interaction was found for the Cognitive Stress Responses Scale (P=.003), indicating differential trajectories of improvement. The yoga group showed a consistent linear decrease, whereas the exercise group showed immediate but less sustained gains. CONCLUSIONS: Digitally delivered adaptive yoga programs demonstrated superior and sustained improvements in depressive symptoms and Cognitive Stress Responses Scale scores compared with the active cognitive behavioral therapy-based self-care control group. However, the exercise program showed more modest and less sustained effects, warranting further investigation using larger samples.

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PubMed2026

The relationship between food intake and outdoor temperature in a longitudinal study: a public health perspective in the context of global warming.

BACKGROUND: Climate change affects human health and nutrition. Rising temperatures may significantly impact diets, but research on their influence on dietary habits in large populations remains limited. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to study the link between outdoor temperature and energy-adjusted food consumption across profiles in a longitudinal study. METHODS: This study included 100,851 participants from the NutriNet-Sant&#xe9; study (2009-2023) with 1,716,046 24-h dietary records linked to daily maximum outdoor temperature at the residence, from the nearest M&#xe9;t&#xe9;o-France station. Associations were analyzed using linear mixed models with interactions tested for sex and 6 socioeconomic profiles (employees, privileged, intermediate, young, disadvantaged, and retirees) derived from clustering. RESULTS: Across all subgroups, higher outdoor temperature was associated with higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, processed meats, sweet products, water, alcoholic beverages, and sugar-sweetened beverages, whereas consumption of red meat, pulses, and dairy products decreased. From 25&#xb0;C to 35&#xb0;C, the increase in alcohol consumption with temperature was more pronounced in males {150 g/d [95% confidence interval (CI): 147 g/d, 153 g/d] to 166 g/d [95% CI: 162 g/d, 171 g/d], +11%} than in females [101 g/d (95% CI: 98 g/d, 103 g/d) to 107 g/d (95% CI: 104 g/d, 109 g/d), +6%]. Across socioeconomic profiles, changes shared similar directions, but some trends were more marked, notably for alcoholic beverages among employees (95% CI: 114 g/d, 130 g/d; +14%) and sugar-sweetened beverages in young (95% CI: 56 g/d, 72 g/d; +29%). Consumption of fruits increased more modestly in the young (95% CI: 227 g/d, 248 g/d; +9%) than in employees (95% CI: 194 g/d, 227 g/d; +17%). These changes, although variable in magnitude, were not accompanied by substantial modifications in energy intake or overall diet quality scores. CONCLUSIONS: These results emphasize the importance of targeted prevention messages when temperatures exceed 25&#xb0;C, especially concerning alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages, and offer insight into potential long-term food consumption patterns (beyond seasonal changes) in the context of global warming.

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PubMed2026

Evaluating a coaching intervention for Dementia Care Practice Recommendations in care communities: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Within care communities, including nursing home and assisted living settings, person-centered dementia care, outlined by the 2018 Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations (DCPR), is foundational to quality care and improving staff outcomes. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a 6-month Care Community Coaching Program in enhancing person-centered dementia care and staff outcomes in alignment with the DCPR. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with 77 care communities and 434 staff members-227 from 38 intervention communities and 207 from 39 control communities. Outcomes included employee satisfaction (areas: job satisfaction, team building and communication, scheduling and staffing, training, and management and leadership), person-centered care practices (areas: workplace practices, individualized care and services, caregiver-resident relationships), and dementia care confidence, measured pre- and post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up. A generalized Estimating Equations model was used to estimate intervention effects. RESULTS: Care communities assigned to the coaching intervention showed statistically significant improvements in employee satisfaction and staff perceptions of workplace practices and individualized care. No statistically significant effects on staff perceptions of caregiver-resident relationships or on dementia care confidence were noted. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings provide direction for future research and intervention development, including examining coaching's impact on resident quality outcomes, and incorporating skills training into future models. Collectively, findings provide evidence of the effectiveness of a Care Community Coaching Program in improving staff outcomes and person-centered practices, offering a practical path towards improving the lived experience of residents and staff in care communities.

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PubMed2026

Testing How Mindfulness Skills Change for Novice Meditators Using Headspace: Examining Trait Mindfulness and Perceived Stress as Moderators.

Mindfulness-based interventions are found to effectively reduce stress and improve mental health outcomes. Yet, it is not always clear how the mindfulness skills of attention and acceptance develop throughout the intervention. This knowledge gap is especially pertinent for novice meditators learning these skills for the first time, including whether some individuals are more prone to learning them. Using a randomized waitlist-controlled trial, we tested the effect of the app Headspace on changes in attention and acceptance over 8&#xa0;weeks among participants new to mindfulness meditation. Further, we tested the moderating effects of trait mindfulness and perceived stress. Non-faculty university employees were randomized to a Headspace or waitlist control condition. Trait mindfulness and perceived stress were measured at baseline. Ecological momentary assessment survey data for attention and acceptance were collected five times a day in 4-day bursts at baseline and 2, 5, and 8&#xa0;weeks post-randomisation. Attention and acceptance were significantly higher at Week 8 compared to baseline for the Headspace group, but not the control group. For the Headspace group, both skills showed significant change by Week 2. Trait mindfulness moderated this effect with those who were lower in trait mindfulness displaying greater increases in attention, but not acceptance. Perceived stress also moderated this effect with those who were lower in perceived stress displaying greater increases in attention and acceptance. Our discussion draws attention to implications for matching intervention content to individual needs to ensure participants reporting different levels of characteristics benefit from mindfulness training.

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PubMed2026

Protocol for project FIERCE: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate a positive emotion-focused meditation intervention for physicians with elevated stress.

INTRODUCTION: Nearly 80% of healthcare providers experience adverse psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, burnout, sleep disturbance) stemming from workplace stressors. Elevated levels of stress have been associated with unfavorable occupational, patient, and provider-related outcomes, imposing a heavy burden on a strained system. Given the impact of stress on both employee and patient health, effective interventions are urgently needed to reduce distress and promote well-being among healthcare professionals. Mindfulness-based interventions show promise for addressing these challenges. We developed a six-week, remotely delivered mindfulness intervention, the Building Emotional Strength Training (BEST) program, based on the Buddhist Four Immeasurables practice to cultivate the distinct emotional qualities of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a Four Immeasurables-based mindfulness intervention on perceived stress (primary outcome), burnout, depressive symptoms, and inflammatory biomarkers, while enhancing psychological well-being and sleep quality (secondary outcomes) in physicians. We will also investigate potential mediators of intervention effects, including compassion, positive affect, equanimity, and mindfulness. METHOD: We will enroll 90 full-time physicians in a remote, two-arm randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation to either the meditation intervention or waitlist control. Participants will complete self-report questionnaires and provide blood samples at baseline, mid-course, and post-intervention to assess outcomes and mediators. DISCUSSION: The project aims to advance the study of mindfulness-based interventions that reduce distress and promote well-being through practices that cultivate prosocial and altruistic feelings toward oneself and others. While mindfulness interventions have gained considerable interest, none have specifically drawn from the Four Immeasurables practice to target loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. This novel investigation could expand our understanding of practices that foster kindness and compassion to reduce distress in an at-risk population. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07283744, registered on 2025/10/14. The Open Science Framework, registered on 2026/06/26.

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Validation of a Turkish Translation of the Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale.

AIM: The primary duties of emergency healthcare professionals (EHPs) are to provide emergency patient care to acutely ill and injured individuals. Due to the nature of their work, EHPs operate under constant stress, often requiring rapid decision-making, swift action, and the delivery of necessary medical care in life-or-death situations, sometimes under inadequately safe conditions. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Emergency Healthcare Professional Stress Factors and Symptoms (SEHP:SFMS) Scale in Turkish for identifying stress factors and symptoms in emergency medical care professionals providing emergency patient care services. DESIGN: A methodological study design was used in this study. METHODS: The study was conducted with the participation of 211 EHPs from employees working in emergency care institutions affiliated with the Mu&#x11f;la Provincial Health Directorate between November 2023 and June 2024. Data were collected via a face-to-face survey. Data were analysed using Lawshe content validity ratio, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin coefficient, Bartlett test, exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis, Varimax factor rotation method, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's &#x3b1; internal consistency coefficient, convergent validity, discriminant validity, test-retest, and Spearman correlation coefficient tests. RESULTS: The linguistic translation and cultural adaptation of the SEHP:SFMS showed strong performance. The scope validity index of the scale is 0.83. The item-total correlation values of the scale were found to be between 0.486 and 0.794, and the factor loadings were between 0.474 and 0.816. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices: &#x3c7;2&#x2009;=&#x2009;248.727; df&#x2009;=&#x2009;101; n&#x2009;=&#x2009;211; p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.000; &#x3c7;2/df&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.463; RMSEA&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.083; CFI&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.914, SRMR&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.052, which was found to be compatible and acceptable with the proposed 3-factor model. The Cronbach's &#x3b1; reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.931, and the total variance was 61.97%. CONCLUSIONS: SEHP:SFMS is a valid and reliable tool to assess stress factors and symptoms of Turkish emergency healthcare professionals. Its use improves the quality of emergency care. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: These study findings have been used to create a tool with Turkish validity and reliability that allows for the examination of stress factors among healthcare professionals working in emergency and critical services. Identifying and reducing stress factors among healthcare professionals is crucial for the delivery of quality healthcare services. It can also be used to develop targeted interventions and ongoing strategies to facilitate improved clinical supervision and mentoring. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses in emergency departments, which are among the most stressful, dynamic, intense, life-saving, and critical environments in healthcare institutions, and where life-saving treatment is administered, are at high risk of experiencing psychological trauma. Trauma experienced in the work environment is a significant problem for nursing. The consequences of trauma negatively affect nurses and institutions. Studies show that post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout are commonly observed in emergency department nurses. In this sense, understanding the stress and stress factors experienced by nurses can guide future interventions. The results of this study are considered important in making visible the stress and stress factors experienced by nurses in the emergency department, and also in guiding managers and nurses working in this field in terms of preventive and protective measures.

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