Effects of Meditation versus Music Listening on Perceived Stress, Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Adults with Early Memory Loss: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Innes KE, Selfe TK, Khalsa DS, Kandati S
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 76 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Institutes of Health
- Government
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Government
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Government
- NIGMS NIH HHS
- Government
- NCCIH NIH HHS
- Grants
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (K01AT004108); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U54-GM-104942)
Based on 5 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2016-04-08 · J Alzheimers Dis · vol. 52 · issue 4 · pp. 1277–1298
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Cited
- 113 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 11.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 230 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy)
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Keywords
- Mood, Meditation, Randomized controlled trial, Quality of life (healthcare), Clinical psychology, Mindfulness, Cognition, Medicine, Psychology, Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Psychotherapist
- MeSH
- humans, memory disorders, meditation, music therapy, pilot projects, stress, psychological, affect, sleep, quality of life, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, female, male
4 authors
From US
- Kim E. Innes · correspondingWest Virginia University; University of Virginia Health System
- Terry Kit SelfeWest Virginia University; University of Virginia Health System
- Dharma Singh KhalsaUniversity of New Mexico; Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation
- Sahiti KandatiWest Virginia University
Abstract
Background
Older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) are at increased risk not only for Alzheimer's disease, but for poor mental health, impaired sleep, and diminished quality of life (QOL), which in turn, contribute to further cognitive decline, highlighting the need for early intervention.
Objective
In this randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effects of two 12-week relaxation programs, Kirtan Kriya Meditation (KK) and music listening (ML), on perceived stress, sleep, mood, and health-related QOL in older adults with SCD.
Methods
Sixty community-dwelling older adults with SCD were randomized to a KK or ML program and asked to practice 12 minutes daily for 12 weeks, then at their discretion for the following 3 months. At baseline, 12 weeks, and 26 weeks, perceived stress, mood, psychological well-being, sleep quality, and health-related QOL were measured using well-validated instruments.
Results
Fifty-three participants (88%) completed the 6-month study. Participants in both groups showed significant improvement at 12 weeks in psychological well-being and in multiple domains of mood and sleep quality (p's≤0.05). Relative to ML, those assigned to KK showed greater gains in perceived stress, mood, psychological well-being, and QOL-Mental Health (p's≤0.09). Observed gains were sustained or improved at 6 months, with both groups showing marked and significant improvement in all outcomes. Changes were unrelated to treatment expectancies.
Conclusions
Findings suggest that practice of a simple meditation or ML program may improve stress, mood, well-being, sleep, and QOL in adults with SCD, with benefits sustained at 6 months and gains that were particularly pronounced in the KK group.
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