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Low Mindfulness for Forgetfulness

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Research Sponsored by Harvard University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 20 minutes

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial seeks to find out if noticing instances of forgetting leads to a decline in memory performance.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 20 minutes

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~20 minutes

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 20 minutes for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone with Stop-and-Go Switch Task (BTACT; (Tun & Lachman, 2006)

Everyday Memory Questionnaire-Revised (EMQ-R; Royle & Lincoln, 2008)

Memory Controllability Inventory (MCI; Lachman, Bandura, Weaver, & Elliott, 1995)

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Secondary study objectives

Image of Aging Scale (Levy, Kasl, & Gill, 2004).

Langer Mindfulness Scale (LMS-14; Pirson, Langer, Bodner, & Zilcha, 2012)

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988)

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Low MindfulnessExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All participants in this condition will complete all measures online and over the phone at two points in time, including one narrative response at T1. They will also be instructed to respond to diary-type text messaging questions (some related to memory performance) twice daily for six days.

Group II: High MindfulnessExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All participants in this condition will complete all measures online and over the phone at two points in time, including one narrative response at T1. They will also be instructed to complete a mindfulness intervention at home and respond to diary-type text messaging questions (all including questions about memory performance) twice daily for six days.

Group III: Active controlActive Control1 Intervention

All participants in this condition will complete all measures online and over the phone at two points in time, including one narrative response at T1. They will also be instructed to respond to diary-type text messaging questions (none about memory performance) twice daily for six days.

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