TY - JOUR AU - วงษกรณ์, ภัทรภรณ์ AU - บรรทุมพร, นุชนาถ AU - สุนทรไชยา, รังสิมันต์ PY - 2018/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effects Of A Mindfulness Based Practice On Stress Among Inmates JF - Journal of The Royal Thai Army Nurses JA - J Royal Thai Army Nurses VL - 19 IS - 0 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/134533 SP - 269-278 AB - <p>This quasi experimental research aimed to examine the effects of a mindfulness based practice on&nbsp;stress among inmates. The study sample consisted of 60 males and females who aged between 18-59 years&nbsp;and remand prison in Eastern prisons. They were randomly assigned to either experimental or control group&nbsp;(n = 30 in each group).The experimental group received mindfulness based practice for 8 weeks period.&nbsp;Participants in the control group received only routine care the prison center. The research instruments were&nbsp;the following: 1) a personal data questionnaire;. 2) The Mindfulness program; 3) The participant’s stress scores&nbsp;were measured using the self-analysis stress test. The peer support group program was validated for content&nbsp;validity by 3 professional experts and the mental health self-care scale, with a Cronbach alpha coefficient&nbsp;reliability of .81 Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, dependent t-test, and independent t-test.&nbsp;Results showed that after receiving the mindfulness based practice; 1) The inmates in the experimental&nbsp;group had decrease in the mean of the stress score (M = 14.86, S.D = 1.942) than the pre-test mean scores&nbsp;(M = 26.63, SD = 2.44) (t = 25.36, p&lt;.001). Furthermore, 2) The mean difference between pre-test and post-test&nbsp;stress score of the inmates in the experimental group ( 1 = -11.766, SD = 2.54) was higher than the mean&nbsp;difference of the control group receiving routine care ( 2 = 1.90, SD = 3.30) (t = 12.96, p&lt;.001). Thus, the result&nbsp;of this study could be used as an alternative for designing and intervention program aiming on stress for the&nbsp;inmates.</p> ER -