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Automatic Self Transcending Meditation for Quality of Life

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Led By Monali Malvankar, PhD

Research Sponsored by Lawson Health Research Institute

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up first office visit, week 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24

Summary

Patients with glaucoma will be randomized to Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) plus Treatment as Usual (TAU) or TAU alone to assess changes in Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL is a vital construct focusing on impact of health on quality of life. HRQoL data is used in economic evaluations, a component of health economics that compares the cost and consequences of alternative courses of action. This helps policy-makers make complex financial decisions. Along with HRQoL we will measure changes in extent of depression as well as anxiety. Previously published data lacks information of HRQoL in patients with glaucoma. Through this study we shall attempt to correlate HRQoL in this population and assess if ASTM confers changes in HRQoL along with depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Eligible Conditions

Quality of Life
Depression
Anxiety
Glaucoma

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ first office visit, week 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~first office visit, week 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and first office visit, week 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Change in Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

Secondary study objectives

Anxiety

Depression

Visual Function Score

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Placebo Group

Group I: Automatic Self Transcending MeditationActive Control1 Intervention

Automatic Self Transcending Meditation is a class of meditation that helps quiet the mind and induces physiological and mental relaxation whilst the eyes are shut. It utilizes a specific sound value (mantra) to draw attention inward and permit the mind to experience a restful but alert state of consciousness.Research suggests that ASTM may help reduce depression and anxiety.

Group II: Treatment as Usual (TAU)Placebo Group1 Intervention

The usual standard of care for patients with glaucoma includes starting them on first line of drugs. Participants will be initiated and maintained on appropriate dosages of such medications as part of standard of care. The usual standard of care also includes an ophthalmic examination measuring best-corrected Snellen VA and pinhole acuities and a follow-up visit once a year.

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