Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34479632›Full record

ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2021

Video-delivered emotion-focused mindfulness therapy for late- life anxiety: study protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Stacey Hatch, Dorothy Kessler, Marcia Finlayson, Soham Rej

Registry-linked trialAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pilot and feasibility studies, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04415528 (Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04415528 nacompletednot on this map

Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy: A Feasibility Study for Late Life Anxiety

TypeinterventionalSponsorStacey HatchRan2020 to 2021Enrolled48ConditionsAnxietyArmsEmotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Stacey HatchAging and Health Program, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 31 George St, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada. 18seh@queensu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-1708
Dorothy KesslerAging and Health Program, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 31 George St, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-7907
Marcia FinlaysonAging and Health Program, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 31 George St, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-4810
Soham RejDepartment of Psychiatry, Lady Davis Institute /Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H3T 1E2, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3908-9124

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe worldwide prevalence of anxiety in older adults is estimated at between 6 and 10%. In Canada, adults 65 and older experience anxiety at a rate of 6.4%, affecting more than 300,000 people. Anxiety in older adults has been linked to difficulties retaining new information and engaging in instrumental daily activities of living. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, novel methods of delivering therapy programs remotely are needed; however, data is limited. There is some evidence that older adults prefer non-pharmacological approaches for anxiety that can be delivered in the community. Emotion-focused mindfulness therapy (EFMT) is a mindfulness-based intervention that emphasizes meditation and observing thoughts and emotions as they arise. This emphasis has been demonstrated to reduce symptoms of anxiety in general populations. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of EFMT with older adults.

methodsThis pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial will use a wait list control trial design. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will use telehealth delivery via Zoom rather than in-person delivery. The first 48 people to meet the eligibility criteria will be randomly allocated to either receive EFMT immediately, or in approximately 8 weeks time from enrollment (1:1 allocation ratio). Data will be collected at baseline, 8 weeks following baseline, and 16 weeks following baseline. The primary outcomes will determine the feasibility of the intervention based on recruitment, enrolment, retention, and adherence to all components of the intervention. The secondary outcome will be changes to anxiety over time. DISCUSSION: The results of this trial will determine the feasibility and potential effectiveness of video-delivered EFMT for late-life anxiety compared to no treatment. If the results are promising, a larger randomized controlled trial may be conducted.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04415528 . Registered on June 4, 2020 PROTOCOL VERSION: Protocol version 2, January 2, 2021.

Indexed as

Late-life anxietyMeditationMindfulness

Identifiers

PMID34479632
PMCPMC8413357

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.