Effectiveness of Holotropic Breathwork on Level of Stress and Job Burnout Among Nursing Staffs Working in Hospitals of Selected Areas.

Abstract

Holotropic Breathwork is a special breathing technique that can facilitate healing and support to the psychotherapy. Holotropic breathwork is a impressive, real, spontaneous method for the self-development and introspection. The present study was conducted by the quantitative research approach and quasi experimental non randomized control group design used. The sample were collected by using non probability convenient sampling technique. Sample size was 60. (experimental group 30 and control group 30). Before Data Collection the consent was taken from the participants. Pre-test and post test was conducted for both experimental and control group, and holotropic breathwork was provided to experimental group only. Paired t-test used for the effect of holotropic breathwork on level of stress and level of job burnout among nursing staffs. Fisher’s exact test used for the association between pretest stress findings and selected demographic variables and association between pretest job burnout findings and selected demographic variables.

Results: In experimental group, in pretest, 90% of the nursing staff had moderate stress and 10% of them had severe stress. In post-test, 90% of them had mild stress and 10% of them had moderate stress. In control group, in pretest and post-test, 26.7% the nursing staff had mild stress and 73.3% of them had moderate stress. This indicates that the stress among the staff nurses reduced remarkably after holotropic breathwork. In experimental and control group, all the staff nurses had moderate job burnout. In experimental group, in post-test, all of them had mild job burnout. In control group, in post-test, all of them had moderate job burnout. This indicates that the job burnout among the staff nurses reduced remarkably after holotropic breathwork.