Status:
COMPLETED
Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy: A Feasibility Study for Late Life Anxiety
Lead Sponsor:
Stacey Hatch
Conditions:
Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Canadians 65 and older experience anxiety at a rate of 6.4%, affecting more than 300,000 people. In Ontario, 5.6% of adults 65 and older have anxiety, representing over 100,000 people. Eastern Ontario...
Detailed Description
The purpose of this small scale RCT is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of EFMT among community dwelling older adults who experience anxiety. This study has the following three aims: to ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants will be community dwelling older adults at least 65 years of age and with have no existing therapeutic alliance with the PI. Inclusion criteria will be a diagnosis or self-report of anxiety. The presence of symptoms of anxiety will be assessed using the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) with a cut off score of 10 which indicates the presence of anxiety (Johnco et al., 2015). Participants will be willing to commit to an eight-week program.
Exclusion
- Exclusion criteria will be beginning or stopping psychotropic medications within the previous six weeks and concurrent participation in any other mindfulness-based group during the study. Participants will not be excluded if they have prior experience with mindfulness. Further exclusion criteria will be a Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) cut off score of 19 which indicates the possibility of mild cognitive impairment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 3 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04415528
Start Date
August 3 2020
End Date
September 30 2021
Last Update
February 21 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6