Loving Kindness Meditation Among Adults 50 Years and Older
NCT ID: NCT05350449
Last Updated: 2025-07-04
Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
59 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-05-02
2023-10-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Loving kindness meditation
Loving-kindness meditation is a contemplative practice that focuses on developing compassion for oneself and others through mindfulness. Participants will be shown the recorded loving-kindness training video during the first week of the intervention. Participants will be encouraged to use the mp3 device with guided meditation recording to practice mindfulness meditation for 20-25 minutes every day for 30 days. We will also provide participants with a diary to record their daily meditation experiences. There will be weekly check in. At 60 days we will do a follow-up data collection.
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.
Waitlist control
The arm will eventually get the intervention.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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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.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
50 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Nirmala Lekhak, PhD
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Nirmala Lekhak, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Locations
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University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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UNLV-2022-148
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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