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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to Improve Neuropsychological Functioning in Acquired Brain Injury

NCT03969563 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2025-02-04

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Summary

Thousands of Veterans suffer a stroke every year, and these individuals often suffer emotional and cognitive changes that negatively affect their quality of life as well as their ability to recover. In addition to traditional rehabilitation such as physical and occupational therapy, a number of alternative treatments are now being studied for their ability to enhance patients' recovery following stroke. One of these treatments, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction or MBSR, involves an 8-week course that teaches individuals strategies such as breathing techniques, meditation, and movement therapy. The current study proposes to teach MBSR to a group of Veterans with a history of stroke to determine whether this type of intervention has beneficial effects on psychological and cognitive functioning. The investigators hope to find that MBSR is a useful, additional intervention that can improve Veterans' well-being and quality of life as they recover from stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

8-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction class that trains participants in mindfulness, meditation, and yoga.

BEHAVIORAL

Brain Health Education

8-week Brain Health education class that teaches participants about brain-behavior relationships, nutrition, aging facts, sleep, and memory.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Juliana V. Baldo, PhD · VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-06
Primary Completion
2024-01-05
Completion
2024-01-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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