Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

Thaddeus W W Pace   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Katharine H Zeiders   ⁴ , PhD ;   Stephanie H Cook   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Evelyn D Sarsar   ⁴ , MA ;   Lindsay T Hoyt   ⁷ , PhD ;   Nicholas L Mirin   ⁵ , MPH ;   Erica P Wood   ⁵ , MPH ;   Raquel Tatar   ⁸ , PhD ;   Richard J Davidson   ⁹ , PhD

¹ Division of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

² Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

³ Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

⁴ Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

⁵ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, US

⁶ Department of Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, US

⁷ Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, US

⁸ Healthy Minds Innovation, Madison, WI, US

⁹ Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US