Effect of Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction Program in the Elderly onSpiritual Well- Being and Meaning of Life

November 26, 2024 updated by: Melek Yasemin Sevimoglu, Aydin Adnan Menderes University
This quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group will be conducted to determine the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on spiritual well-being and the meaning of life among the elderly.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Aging is a natural part of the life process, during which individuals undergo numerous biological, psychological, and social changes. In this period, people often engage in reflecting on past life experiences, seeking meaning in life, and searching for a spiritual direction. At the same time, physical limitations brought about by aging, social isolation, and losses can increase stress levels in older individuals. Stress can have adverse effects on their health, including anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and overall health deterioration.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) helps individuals develop skills to accept the present moment, cope with stress, and regulate emotions. Spiritual well-being plays a significant role in enhancing the quality of life for older adults. The MBSR program enables older individuals to consciously focus their attention on the present moment, allowing them to live more mindfully in the "here and now" instead of dwelling on past anxieties or future worries.

This study examines the effects of the MBSR program on spiritual well-being and meaning-making in older adults, highlighting the importance of spiritual support and mindfulness practices in later life. The research aims to contribute to spiritual support programs for older individuals. A hypothesis will be tested to determine whether there is a difference between the intervention and control groups after the program's implementation.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Aydın, Turkey, 09000
        • Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Nursing, Devision Public Health Nursing

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being 65 years or older,

    • Living in the nursing home where the research will be conducted,
    • Being competent to continue the health education program,
    • Getting at least 23 points from SMMT
    • No hearing-visual impairment,
    • Being literate,
    • Volunteering to participate in research.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a communication barrier,
  • Being diagnosed with dementia,
  • Not having attended any session of the eight-session training program,
  • Getting a score lower than 23 points from SMMT,
  • Having psychosis or mental disability that may cause cognitive impairment,
  • Do not have a terminal illness.
  • Not having participated in any of the Pretest, Posttest-1 and Posttest-2.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm and İnterventional
MBSR training will be given to this experimental group. To assess the cognitive status of the elderly, the "Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination" was used for those with primary or higher education levels, and the "Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination for the Uneducated" for those without primary education. Only elderly individuals scoring 23 or above on the Mini-Mental State Examination were included in the study. The elderly participants received mindfulness training (8 sessions), and personal questionnaire forms, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the Meaning in Life Scale were administered before the intervention and post-intervention (at the 1st and 3rd months).The training is include awareness, staying in the moment, awareness of body, emotion, thought and environment, and breathing exercise techniques.
Behavioral: Mindfulness
study of focusing attention
Other Names:
  • awereneses training
  • breathing awareness study.
No Intervention: İnterventional
MBRS training will not be given to this control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Standardized Mini Mental Test
Time Frame: pretraining
In this study, elderly individuals, who scored at least 23 and at most 30 on the Standardized Mini Mental Test were included
pretraining
Survey Form
Time Frame: pretraining
The form prepared by the reseearchers consisted of 13 questions, including personal characteristics, developed based on a literature review
pretraining

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Spiritual Well Being Scale
Time Frame: post-training at the 1st and 3rd months]
The scale consists of 29 questions and three sub-dimensions with five-point Likert type items. A high score in each sub-dimensin indicats that the individual possesses the characteristic assessed by that sub-dimension. It is a three- factor scale, with a possible score range of 29 to 145.
post-training at the 1st and 3rd months]
Meaning in Life Scale
Time Frame: post traninig at the 1st and 3rd months
The scale consists of 10 questions and two sub- dimensions with seven point likert type items. The correlation coefficients between the items in Turkish and original forms range from 0.65 to 0.91.
post traninig at the 1st and 3rd months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Melek Yasemin Sevimoğlu, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Nursing, Devision Public Health Nursing
  • Principal Investigator: Filiz Adana, prof, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Nursing, Devision Public Health Nursing

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 27, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 17, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

November 17, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 20, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 26, 2024

First Posted (Estimated)

December 2, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 2, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 26, 2024

Last Verified

November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MYSevimoğlu

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request

IPD Sharing Time Frame

6 months after publication

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

relevance to the topic of the study and approval of all co-authors within 1 month of receiving the request

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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