Breath Meditation on the Older People

NCT ID: NCT07263828

Last Updated: 2025-12-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 128 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-30

Brief Summary

A decrease in physical activity during old age leads to a decline in quality of life and life satisfaction. Increased stress and anxiety levels during this period negatively affect individuals' mood and reduce their quality of life. Individuals with a strong sense of coherence cope more effectively with stress and maintain a higher quality of life. Breathing meditation is a side-effect-free and easily applicable method that reduces the effects of stress by increasing individual awareness. Mindfulness-based breathing practices contribute to mental calmness and a healthier coping with stress. Experimental studies evaluating the effects of breathing meditation on stress, sense of coherence, and quality of life in older individuals are limited in the literature. This study aimed to determine the effects of a breathing meditation program on perceived stress, sense of coherence, and quality of life in older individuals.

The study was conducted with a randomized controlled experimental design between October 2024 and September 2025 with 128 participants (63 in the experimental group and 65 in the control group). Data were collected using the Participant Information Form, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Sense of Personal Integrity Scale (SWI), and the Quality of Life Scale for the Elderly (WHOQOL-OLD). Individuals in the experimental group received a 15-minute breathing meditation session daily for 10 days. The control group received no intervention. The scales were administered as a pretest and a posttest after day 15 in both groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software; independent and dependent sample t-tests, chi-square tests, and descriptive statistics were used, with a significance level of p<0.05.

Conditions

Individuals Over 65 Years of Age

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Interventional

Individuals in the experimental group were given a 15-minute breathing meditation session every day for 10 days.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

breathing meditation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Individuals in the experimental group were given a 15-minute breathing meditation session every day for 10 days.

Control

No-application group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

breathing meditation

Individuals in the experimental group were given a 15-minute breathing meditation session every day for 10 days.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals aged 65 years and above,
• who volunteered to participate,
• had no communication difficulties,
• had not previously received any training or practice related to relaxation, breathing, or stress management.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having received any training or practice in relaxation, breathing or stress management before.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Istanbul Aydın University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

DİLEK YILDIRIM

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Sinop University

Sinop, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Breath Meditation on the Older

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id