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Conditions
Brief summary
The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness for anxiety and depression in a sample of people with Parkinson's disease. The aim is to establish whether mindfulness is successful in reducing the impact of the depressive and anxiety symptoms while improving quality of life. It is expected that, compared to a wait-list control group, mindfulness participants will demonstrate significant improvements in depression, anxiety, mindfulness, and quality of life at post-intervention and at 3 month follow-up.
Interventions
The Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy program is an intervention program designed specifically to reduce depression, anxiety, stress and distress associated with chronic illnesses (Segal, Williams, & Teesdale, 2002). During the program participants discover how thinking patterns promote depression and anxiety where a main aim of the program is to teach participants to stay in touch with the present moment and to avoid ruminating about past or worrying about future events.
The MBCT program fo
The Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy program is an intervention program designed specifically to reduce depression, anxiety, stress and distress associated with chronic illnesses (Segal, Williams, & Teesdale, 2002). During the program participants discover how thinking patterns promote depression and anxiety where a main aim of the program is to teach participants to stay in touch with the present moment and to avoid ruminating about past or worrying about future events. The MBCT program for the current study will be adapted from the work of Segal, Williams and Teesdale (2002) and tailored for group delivery for people with Parkinson's Disease (Segal, Williams, & Teesdale, 2002). The manualised intervention program comprises 8 weekly sessions where each session runs for 120 minutes. The program will target skills such as experiential learning, concentration, bringing awareness of thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations, being in the moment, decentering, acceptance and being in a state of “non-doing”. Weekly handouts will be provided and a set of meditation CD’s that contain material covered in the weekly session for personal practice at home.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria are: a) a diagnosis of PD b) scoring greater than or equal to 24 on the MMSE, c) not participating in any psychotherapy or other interventions over the course of the study and d) over the age of 18 years. Participants who meet these criteria will be randomised into the intervention and control group.
Exclusion criteria
The exclusion criteria is scoring below 24 on the MMSE, not having a diagnosis of PD participating in another psychotherapy or intervention and below the age of 18 years old.
Outcome results
None listed