Sahaj Samadhi meditation vs a Health Enhancement Program in improving late-life depression severity and executive function: study protocol for a two-site, randomized controlled trial

Sahaj Samadhi meditation vs a Health Enhancement Program in improving late-life depression severity and executive function: study protocol for a two-site, randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Recent estimates suggest an 11% prevalence of current late-life depression (LLD) and a lifetime prevalence of 16–20%. LLD leads to cognitive disturbance as well as a nearly two to three times increased risk of dementia. We conducted a recent randomized controlled trial (RCT) whic...

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Main Authors: Stephen Benjamin Peckham, Emily Ionson, Marouane Nassim, Kevin Ojha, Lena Palaniyappan, Joe Gati, Jean Thebérge, Andrea Lazosky, Mark Speechley, Imants Barušs, Soham Rej, Akshya Vasudev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Late-life depression
Treatment-resistant late-life depression
Executive functioning
Sahaj Samadhi meditation
Health Enhancement Program
Randomized controlled trial
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3682-z

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