ABSTRACTStudy objectiveTo assess the impact of a personalized integrative medicine (IM) intervention on healthcare providers (HCPs) expressing war‐related emotional/spiritual and physical concerns.MethodsPhysicians, nurses, para‐medical and other HCPs from 5 hospital departments in northern Israel underwent IM treatments provided by IM‐trained practitioners working in integrative oncology (IO) care settings. The two main HCP‐reported concerns were scored (from 0 to 6) before and following the intervention using the Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing questionnaire. Post‐intervention narratives were examined for emotional/spiritual keywords (ESKs).ResultsOf 190 participating HCPs, 121 (63.7%) expressed ESKs in post‐treatment narratives (ESK group), with 69 not expressing ESKs (nESK group). Both groups had similar demographic and professional backgrounds, and reported improved measure yourself concerns and well‐being (MYCAW) QoL‐related concerns immediately post‐intervention. However, between‐group analysis found significantly greater improvement in the ESK group for the first (p < 0.001) and second (p = 0.01) MYCAW concerns, as well as emotional/spiritual concerns (p < 0.0
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