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Mind-body Interventions for Healthy Aging (HealthyAgers Trial)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Ruchika Prakash, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by Ohio State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial examines if mindfulness meditation or lifestyle education can improve focus and brain function in older adults aged 65-85. Mindfulness helps by training the mind to stay present, while lifestyle education promotes overall health. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to have cognitive and emotional benefits for older adults, potentially mitigating age-related decline.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Change in attentional control on tasks of sustained attention

Secondary study objectives

Change in Measure of Daily Functioning

Change in cognitive performance on the NIH Cognitive Toolbox Battery

Change in emotion regulation strategy sse

+6 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Mindfulness-Based Stress ReductionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will meet once a week for 8 weeks (2.5 hours per session), plus a 4-hour retreat day, to engage in mindfulness meditation exercises. Didactic components will include oral presentations, informational videos, and group discussion. Additionally, daily homework assignments will require participants to engage in guided practices for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.

Group II: Lifestyle EducationActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will meet once a week for 2.5 hours for 8 weeks, plus a 4-hour retreat day, to engage in light stretching exercises and interactive discussions on health topics, such as physical activity, nutrition, sleep, stress, etc. Didactic components will include oral presentations, informational videos, and group discussion. Additionally, daily homework assignments will ask participants to engage in stretching, read or watch informational content, and answer reflection questions for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

2018

Completed Phase 2

~1450

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