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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Community-based participatory research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Tibetan Buddhist monks in South India: The Lifestyle Assessment and Monastic Aging Study (LAMAS).

Tenzin Namdul, Richard MacLehose, Tenzin Pasang, Odile Madesclaire, Gelek Gyatso, Austin Henderson, Dedra Buchwald

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Tenzin NamdulEarl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0310-7869
Richard MacLehoseDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Tenzin PasangDrepung Loseling Meditation & Science Center, Drepung Loseling Monastic University, Mundgod, India.
Odile MadesclaireInstitute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Gelek GyatsoDrepung Loseling Meditation & Science Center, Drepung Loseling Monastic University, Mundgod, India.
Austin HendersonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Dedra BuchwaldDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Funding

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR002494 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, WEISDORF, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$34.9M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1R002493NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR002494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis protocol paper describes the methodology used in designing and conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) to estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) among Tibetan Buddhist monks. The CBPR approach laid the groundwork to examine monastic lifestyles, including meditative and cognitive practices.

methodsThe study used a CBPR approach to examine the prevalence of ADRD and assess lifestyle and meditative and cognitive practices among Tibetan Buddhist monks.

resultsThe study recruited 205 monks and collected a wide range of data, including monastic lifestyle, meditative and cognitive practices, mental health, sleep quality, physical measures, biospecimens, and other information. DISCUSSION: The study was a first of its kind to use CBPR in estimating the prevalence of ADRD among Tibetan monks. The CBPR approach enabled us to engage with the monastic community at every phase of the study and provided a framework to design culturally sensitive surveys and cognitive measures. HIGHLIGHTS: The study was the first of its kind to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) among Tibetan Buddhist monks in South India. The CBPR approach allowed us to work closely with monastic partners and engage with them at every phase of the study. Such intimate collaboration facilitated the incorporation of relevant and appropriate Tibetan Buddhist ideas and concepts in designing study survey and specific questions related to their lifestyle, including cognitive practices. The successful implementation and conclusion of the study demonstrates the feasibility of conducting a larger epidemiological study-first cross-sectional and then longitudinal-in this population.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBuddhismCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchDementiaMonksAgingEast Asian PeopleHumansIndiaLife StyleMaleMeditationMental HealthMiddle AgedPrevalenceResearch DesignAlzheimer's diseasecognitive practicecommunity‐based participatory researchdementiaIndiameditationmild cognitive impairmentprotective and risk factorsTibetan monks

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PMCPMC12590370

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