ArticleBMC public health2023
The MEDITAGING study: protocol of a two-armed randomized controlled study to compare the effects of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program against a health promotion program in older migrants in Luxembourg.
Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05615337 (Mindfulness Training in Aging), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Mindfulness Training in Aging: the Effects of a Stress Reduction Program on Portuguese-speaking People Aged Fifty-five and Over Residing in Luxembourg
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dementia risk among individuals with a migrant background-a scoping review.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Pooled it
- Health and Emotional Modulation through Vipassana Meditation: A Pre-experimental Study.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Bias in hair cortisol measures for psychological stress: Self vs. professional collection.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness training versus a health promotion program: Impact on cognitive and mental health in older immigrants.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMigration is a phenomenon worldwide, with older migrants, particularly those with fewer socioeconomic resources, having an increased risk of developing adverse cognitive and health outcomes and social isolation. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to validate interventions that promote healthy aging in this population. Previous studies have shown a positive impact of mindfulness based-stress reduction (MBSR) on outcomes such as cognition and sleep. However, only a few studies verified its potential in older adults, especially with vulnerable populations such as migrants. This article presents the protocol of the MEDITAGING study, which is the first to investigate the MBSR effects in migrants aged ≥55 in comparison to a health promotion program.
methodsMEDITAGING is a two-arm randomized, double-blinded, controlled study, which will include older Portuguese-speaking migrants (n = 90). Participants are randomized to the MBSR or a health promotion program. Both interventions are conducted in groups over a total of 8 weeks, incorporating weekly meetings, an additional 4-hour class, and extra at-home tasks. The health promotion program has the same structure as the MBSR but comprises different activities related to dementia prevention, healthy habits, cognitive stimulation, sleeping, nutrition, watercolor painting, and physical activity. The assessment of executive functioning, physiological stress measures, self-reported questionnaires, and qualitative interviews are conducted at baseline, after 8 weeks (post-intervention), and at a follow-up session (from one to 3 months thereafter). Analyzes will be conducted using a modified intention-to-treat approach (all participants with at least 3 days of participation in the group-sessions and one post-intervention observation). DISCUSSION: This study will test effects of a mindfulness-based intervention against an active control condition in older adult migrants, which few studies have addressed.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05615337 (date of registration: 27 September 2022; date of record verification: 14 November 2022).
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