Acceptance-based education trial reports sustained improvements in nursing students' well-being
Compared with no intervention, a brief psychoeducation program was followed by favorable changes in distress, mindfulness, and related measures through follow-up.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The program group showed favorable changes in depression, anxiety, and stress compared with students receiving no intervention, with the strongest patterns for depression and stress. Measures of psychological flexibility, mindfulness, and valued living also improved and were largely maintained during follow-up. The abstract does not quantify the size or clinical importance of these changes.
The trial involved a single nursing school and a no-intervention control. The abstract gives no effect estimates, confidence intervals, or follow-up retention figures, limiting assessment of benefit size and how well results apply elsewhere.
What researchers found
Depression, anxiety, and stress questionnaire scores
Psychoeducation versus no intervention through 1-year follow-up; the abstract supplies no numerical effect estimates.
How it was tested
Random assignment determined which students received the program. Sessions followed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles, and questionnaires assessed distress, flexibility, mindfulness, and valued living repeatedly from the start of the study through follow-up.
Interpreting the comparison
The control group received no intervention. That comparison can show differences between participating and not participating, but it does not isolate the program's specific content from other aspects of attending sessions.
The original publication
Long-term effects of acceptance and commitment-based psychoeducation in nursing students: A randomized controlled trial.
Şık T, Günüşen N, Serçe Yüksel Ö
Nurse Educ Today · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41671927
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