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Loving Kindness Meditation Among Adults 50 Years and Older

NCT05350449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2025-07-04

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility and acceptability of loving-kindness meditation among adults 50 years and older. It will also examine the benefits of this intervention and compare the outcomes between two groups (intervention and wait-list control).

Conditions

  • Loneliness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Loving-kindness Meditation

Loving-kindness meditation is a type of mindfulness practice where the focus is on love/compassion and kindness for self and others. The guided meditation will be provided via recording device. The intervention is 4 week long.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nirmala Lekhak, PhD · University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-02
Primary Completion
2023-10-30
Completion
2023-10-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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