Meditation or Health & Wellness Education Via Internet for Adults 50-80 Years Old

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Conditions studied: Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological

In brief

1. Telephone Eligibility Screening 2. Baseline Visit, includes online questionnaires, physical measures, cognitive tasks, voice recordings, physical recordings of brain waves, heart rate, breathing rate, and sweat during computer tasks. Collect saliva samples, questionnaire data, and respond to handheld device that rings randomly for the seven days following the visit. 3. Randomized to receive (a) an internet-based Mindfulness Meditation program, (b) an internet-based Health \& Wellness Education program, or (c) no training. IF assigned to receive a training program, participants complete weekly one-hour online trainings and daily home practice for 6 weeks 4. Endpoint Visit (same as Baseline), scheduled 8 weeks after Baseline 5. All participants receive Meditation and Education programs after the Endpoint Visit 6. Online questionnaire follow-up 6 months after the Endpoint

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02467660

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

64

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2019-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-13

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between the ages of 50 and 80 years old
• Be stable on all medications for at least 2 months and willing to NOT change medications for the duration of the study
• Have access to a computer with internet in order to complete online questionnaires three separate times and complete 1-hour trainings once per week for six weeks
• Willing to travel to OHSU for a total of three times
• Willing to follow the study protocol, including completely weekly internet-based trainings and doing 30-45 minutes of home practice daily for 6 weeks IF randomly assigned to receive the meditation or education trainings

You may not qualify if…

• Have any significant medical or neurological diseases, such as major organ failure, insulin-dependent diabetes, or active cancer
• Have significant untreated depression
• Have significant visual or hearing impairment
• Take certain medications in the last 2 months, such as neuroleptics or steroids
• Have prior experience with mediation classes or other mind-body classes (e.g. yoga or tai chi) within the past 2 years
• Have had a regular meditation practice in the past 30 days
• Be gone for more than one full week during study participation

Where it is running

• Hatfield Research Center — Portland, Oregon, United States

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