Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2015
Transcendental Meditation for the improvement of health and wellbeing in community-dwelling dementia caregivers [TRANSCENDENT]: a randomised wait-list controlled trial.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Mantra-Based Meditation on Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
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- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family carers of people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of Meditation versus Music Listening on Perceived Stress, Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Adults with Early Memory Loss: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2016Trial
- Interventions to Foster Resilience in Family Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Disease: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- What works to support carers of older people and older carers? an international evidence map of interventions and outcomes.BMC geriatrics · 2024Review
- Designing Mindfulness Conversational Agents for People With Early-Stage Dementia and Their Caregivers: Thematic Analysis of Expert and User Perspectives.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- The ATENción Plena en Enfermedad de Alzheimer (ATENEA-Mindfulness in Alzheimer's Disease) Program for Caregivers: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Transcendental Meditation for women affected by domestic violence: Study protocol of a pilot randomised, controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2020Article
- Satisfaction with Health Care Interventions among Community Dwelling People with Cognitive Disorders and Their Informal Caregivers-A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Assessing Whether Meditation Improves Quality of Life for Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Psychological Interventions for Dementia Caregivers: What We Have Achieved, What We Have Learned.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundDementia is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder affecting an estimated 24.3 million people across the globe. The burden on those caring for people with dementia is substantial, with widespread implications for the caregiver, the care recipient and the community. Relaxation techniques, such as Transcendental Meditation® (TM), have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety in healthy workers; similar benefits are anticipated in dementia caregivers. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether TM can improve psychological stress, quality of life, affect and cognitive performance in dementia caregivers.
methodsThe study was conducted as a pilot prospective, multi-centre, community-based, randomised wait-list controlled trial. Community-dwelling caregivers of persons with diagnosed dementia were randomly assigned to a 12-week (14-hour) TM training program or wait-list control. Participants were assessed for quality of life, stress, affect, cognitive performance and adverse effects. The feasibility of the study was also evaluated.
resultsSeventeen caregivers were recruited and randomised. Improvements in WebNeuro response speed scores over time were significantly (p = 0.03) greater in the TM group relative to control. Changes between groups over time in all other primary and secondary outcome measures did not reach statistical significance. However, there was a trend toward greater improvement in WebNeuro stress, depression and negativity bias scores in the TM group. Adverse events were reported amongst 63 % of TM-treated subjects; however, events were generally transient, of mild-moderate intensity and only 'possibly' related to TM.
conclusionsDementia caregivers exposed to TM demonstrated varying degrees of improvement in several measures of cognitive function, mood, quality of life and stress following exposure to TM. However, as the pilot study was underpowered, no firm conclusions can be made about the effectiveness of TM in this caregiver population. Findings from full-scale trials are now warranted.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN12613000184774 (Registered 15th February 2013).
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