Mild cognitive impairment
Conditions
Interventions
Custom 8-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Sponsors
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age between 50 and 75 years - Existing complaints about at least one, or more aspects of cognitive functioning - Expressed personal interest in participation in the training program - Patients receive no further treatment for their complaint and will not revisit the memory clinic for a follow-up assessment for a period of at least 6 months - Able to communicate in the Dutch language - Availability on at least 7 of 8 (fixed) session dates - Agreement to participate in homework assignments - Home access to PC with internet connection (cognitive tests) - Signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Clinical evidence of psychiatric comorbidity, or any psychotropic drug usage on a daily basis, which could interfere with participation in the group sessions and homework assignments - Patients who receive (or will receive in a period of 4 months) medical treatment or psychological intervention of any kind for their cognitive condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility of delivering a generic MBSR training to patients who visit a memory clinic with cognitive complaints, and who show no clinical signs of a cognitive disorder | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - To determine the bottlenecks in the delivery of MBSR training in combination with empirical research in this target population - To determine preliminary evidence of health and cognition related indicators that may be sensitive to the MBSR training | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMartin Boxtel, van
Dep. Psychiatry and Neuropsychology Maastricht University Po Box 616
Outcome results
None listed