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The Effects of a Meditation Retreat on Healthy Volunteers and Cancer Patients: an fMRI Study

NCT00878735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2014-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a Zen meditation retreat (Sesshin) on psychophysiological parameters in healthy volunteers (regular meditators and non-meditators) and in cancer patients and to observe possible changes in the attentional circuitry (through functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging- fMRI) and in psychological tests (Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories, Self-Compassion Scale, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, Lipp Stress Scale for Adults).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Zen meditation

Zen meditation retreat (7 days: 5 days from 5:30 to 9:30 plus one day for adaptation and the departure day). The program starts everyday at 5:30 and finish at 9:30. In silence, the volunteers perform seating and walking meditation, stretching exercises, eating and all tasks in mindfulness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elisa H Kozasa, PhD · Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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