ArticleAging & mental health2015
Stress on health-related quality of life in older adults: the protective nature of mindfulness.
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Mind and Body: A Clinical Trial Evaluation of a Smartphone App-based Mindfulness Intervention to Support Psychosocial Resilience in Aging Patients
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on older adults with sleep disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Frail Depressed Patient: A Narrative Review on Treatment Challenges.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an age-modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in improving mental health in older people with depressive symptoms: a non-randomised controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- A pragmatic trial of a group intervention in senior housing communities to increase resilience.International psychogeriatrics · 2020Trial
- Physical activity, cardiovascular health, quality of life and blood pressure control in hypertensive subjects: randomized clinical trial.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2018Trial
- Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the mindful eating behavior scale in community-dwelling older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
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- Types of Adversity, Perceived Stressfulness and Resilience in Older Men and Women.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- The Impact of Social Stress and Healthy Lifestyle on the Mortality of Chinese Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Dance-like state detection, curiosity, and decentering: A pilot study on artful movement and mindfulness.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2025Article
- Impact of Collaborative Care on Depression in Patients Aged 60+: A Secondary Analysis of the GermanIMPACT Study on Behavioural Activation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Enhancing Brain Health and Well-Being in Older Adults: Innovations in Lifestyle Interventions.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Perceived Stress and Life Stressors in Adults with and without Fibromyalgia.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Day-to-day associations between mindfulness and perceived stress: insights from random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Cumulative Trauma Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Older Adults in South Africa: Does Post-Traumatic Growth Moderate this Link?Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2024Article
- Understanding Differential Stress and Mental Health Reactions to COVID-19-Related Events.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Time of Day Preferences and Daily Temporal Consistency for Predicting the Sustained Use of a Commercial Meditation App: Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Observational
- Factors that contribute to trait mindfulness level among hospitalized patients with major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe current study examined whether the link between stress and health-related quality of life was buffered by protective factors, namely mindfulness, in a sample of middle-aged and older adults.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 134 healthy, community-dwelling adults (ages 50-85 years) were recruited from Dallas, TX. The participants were screened for depressive symptoms and severity (using the Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9]). All participants completed measures of self-reported health status (i.e. SF36v2: mental and physical health composites), life stress (using the Elders Life Stress Inventory [ELSI]), and trait mindfulness (i.e. Mindful Attention Awareness Scale).
resultsHierarchical regressions (covarying for age, gender, and education) showed that life stress was inversely related to physical and mental health. Mindfulness was positively related to mental health. The negative effect of life stress on mental health was weakened for those individuals with higher levels of trait mindfulness.
conclusionsThe results suggest that mindfulness is a powerful, adaptive strategy that may protect middle-aged and older adults from the well-known harmful effects of stress on mental health.
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