Status:
COMPLETED
Health Education and Lifestyle Training in Older Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Ohio State University
Conditions:
Older Adults
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-74 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators conducted a mindfulness training intervention in older adults aimed at examining the effects of brief mindfulness training on mind wandering as well as the cognitive and affective fu...
Detailed Description
Age-related differences in sustained attention may be related to the prevalence and content of task unrelated thought or mind-wandering. Older adults report less mind-wandering in sustained tasks than...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 60 to 74 years of age
- No prior exposure to mindfulness training
- No significant meditation experience
- Have never engaged in regular practices of yoga
- Capable of attending both assessment and training sessions
- Corrected (near and far) visual acuity of 20/40 or better
- Normal color vision
- No self-reported history of psychiatric, neurological, or chronic inflammatory conditions
- Absence of psychiatric medication use
- Native English Speaker
- Adequate performance on the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE; \>23)
- Depression score on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) below clinical level (\<10)
Exclusion
- Below 60 years of age or above 74 years of age
- Have exposure to or experience with any type of meditation or yoga regularly (one hour a week for at least 12 months)
- Any physical or pragmatic limitation that prohibits attendance at both sessions
- Corrected (near or far) visual acuity worse than 20/40
- All types of color blindness
- Presence of diagnosed neurological disorders (such as: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis) or chronic inflammatory conditions
- Presence of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder such as depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse
- Presence of psychiatric medication use such as Xanax, Wellbutrin, or Vivance
- Non-Native English Speaker or no fluency in English
- Inadequate performance on the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE; \<23)
- Depression score on GDS indicative of clinical depression (\>10)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 20 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 29 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
74 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03432754
Start Date
October 20 2014
End Date
April 29 2015
Last Update
February 14 2018
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