Improving Mental Health and Well-Being Via Awe Walks
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Conditions studied: Awe, Compassion, Anxiety
In brief
Awe is a powerful positive emotion that offsets negative emotion and fosters prosocial behavior. This study examined the effects of awe on health and well-being in healthy older adults. Half of the participants took a weekly "awe walk" while the other half took a weekly walk with no further instructions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03550144
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2016-12-05
- Expected to finish
- 2018-05-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-03-22
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Stable medical condition for 3 months prior to screening
- Reliant informant with frequent contact with participant who is available to provide observations of participant
- Fluent in English or Spanish
- Age: 40 and above
- Able to complete baseline assessments
- Education or work history sufficient to exclude mental retardation
- Physically acceptable for this study as confirmed by medical history, physical exam, neurological exam and clinical tests
You may not qualify if…
- Major memory concerns/diagnosed memory condition
- Korsakoff encephalopathy
- Active substance abuse
- Brain tumor
- Active neoplastic disease (skin tumors other than melanoma are not exclusionary)
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis (untreated)
- Sleep apnea
- History of clinically significant stroke
- Current evidence or history in the past 2 years of epilepsy, focal brain lesion, cancer, steroid use, or DSM-IV criteria for any major psychiatric disorder including psychosis, major depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol or substance abuse
- Blindness, deafness, language difficulties or any other disability which may prevent the participant from participating or cooperating in the protocol
Where it is running
- UCSF Memory and Aging Center — San Francisco, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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