Anxiety Disorders, Depression
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety, depression, cognition, MBSR, mindfulness, stress, elderly
Brief summary
The investigators are developing and then testing whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a group-based instruction for increasing mindfulness, reduces anxiety and depressive symptoms and improves cognitive functioning in older adults.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMBSR
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
BEHAVIORALcontrol (health education)
health education
Sponsors
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
University of California, San Diego
Washington University School of Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* aged 65+ * current depressive and/or anxiety symptoms * current depressive and/or anxiety disorder * able to participate in behavioral study
Exclusion criteria
* unable to participate in study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cognitive functioning | approximately 2 months of study intervention | neuropsychological battery examining memory, executive functioning, and attention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mind-wandering | 2 months of intervention | computerized task(s) of mind-wandering |
| mindfulness | 2 months of intervention | self-report plus ecological momentary assessment measurements of mindfulness (process variable). |
| anxiety and depressive symptoms | 2 months of intervention | scales of self-report anxiety and depressive symptoms from NIH PROMIS, and worry severity (Penn State Worry Questionnaire Abbreviated). also we will examine ecological momentary assessment measurements of anxiety and depressive symptoms. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed