scholarly journals A Qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Parra ◽  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Alexandria Van Zandt ◽  
Ross Brownson ◽  
Janardan Abhishek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Abstract Background: Mindfulness practice and exercise are ways by which older adults can improve and maintain their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Methods: This single-site qualitative study gathered insights of older adults’ perceptions about initiating and maintaining mindfulness and exercise practices. We carried out focus groups with 41 adults aged 65-85 who had recently initiated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), structured exercise, or their combination as part of participation in a clinical trial. We used a semi-structured interview to ask them open-ended questions regarding the benefits, barriers and facilitators of participating in mindfulness and/or exercise interventions. The interview also included questions regarding translation of these practices into community settings as well as the long-term maintenance potential of these practices. Results: Older adults indicated that the mindfulness training increased their awareness and self-reflection and fostered a more self-accepting attitude. Furthermore, they improved their self-care habits and reported having better familial and social relationships. The main barrier for both the exercise and Mindfulness group was time management. The social benefits and sense of community were some of the primary motivators for older adults in the exercise and/or MBSR interventions. However, the research on how to motivate older adults to initiate healthy behavioral changes also needs to be answered. The benefits of exercise and MBSR are a motivation in and of themselves, as indicated by some of the participants. Conclusions: This study indicates that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important health lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change. If it were not for the purpose of the research or the incentives provided by the research team, these older adults may have never started the healthy behavioral changes. From the responses, this may indicate that older adults may need more incentives to begin and maintain behavioral changes other than for their own health benefit. Key Words: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, mindfulness, exercise, older adults, qualitative study

scholarly journals A Qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Parra ◽  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Alexandria Van Zandt ◽  
Ross Brownson ◽  
Janardan Abhishek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Abstract Background: Mindfulness practice and exercise are ways by which older adults can improve and maintain their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Methods: This single-site qualitative study gathered insights of older adults’ perceptions about initiating and maintaining mindfulness and exercise practices. We carried out focus groups with 41 adults aged 65-85 who had recently initiated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), structured exercise, or their combination as part of participation in a clinical trial. We used a semi-structured interview to ask them open-ended questions regarding the benefits, barriers and facilitators of participating in mindfulness and/or exercise interventions. The interview also included questions regarding translation of these practices into community settings as well as the long-term maintenance potential of these practices. Results: Older adults indicated that the mindfulness training increased their awareness and self-reflection and fostered a more self-accepting attitude. Furthermore, they improved their self-care habits and reported having better familial and social relationships. The main barrier for both the exercise and Mindfulness group was time management. The social benefits and sense of community were some of the primary motivators for older adults in the exercise and/or MBSR interventions. However, the research on how to motivate older adults to initiate healthy behavioral changes also needs to be answered. The benefits of exercise and MBSR are a motivation in and of themselves, as indicated by some of the participants. Conclusions: This study indicates that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important health lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change. If it were not for the purpose of the research or the incentives provided by the research team, these older adults may have never started the healthy behavioral changes. From the responses, this may indicate that older adults may need more incentives to begin and maintain behavioral changes other than for their own health benefit. Key Words: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, mindfulness, exercise, older adults, qualitative study

scholarly journals “Little things do not get to me anymore”: a qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Parra ◽  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Alexandria Van Zandt ◽  
Ross Brownson ◽  
Janardan Abhishek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Lifestyle

Abstract Background: Mindfulness practice and exercise are ways by which older adults can improve and maintain their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Methods: This single-site qualitative study gathered insights of older adults’ perceptions about initiating and maintaining mindfulness and exercise practices. We carried out focus groups with 41 adults aged 65-85 who had recently initiated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), structured exercise, or their combination as part of participation in a clinical trial. We used a semi-structured interview to ask them open-ended questions regarding the benefits, barriers and facilitators of participating in mindfulness and/or exercise interventions. The interview also included questions regarding translation of these practices into community settings as well as the long-term maintenance potential of these practices. Results : Older adults indicated that the mindfulness training increased their awareness and self-reflection and fostered a more self-accepting attitude. Furthermore, they improved their self-care habits and reported having better familial and social relationships. The main barrier for both the exercise and mindfulness group was time management. The social benefits and sense of community were some of the primary motivators for older adults in the exercise and/or MBSR interventions. However, the research on how to motivate older adults to initiate healthy behavioral changes also needs to be answered. The benefits of exercise and MBSR are a motivation in and of themselves, as indicated by some of the participants. Conclusions: This study indicates that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important health lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change. If it were not for the purpose of the research or the incentives provided by the research team, these older adults may have never started the healthy behavioral changes. From the responses, this may indicate that older adults may need more incentives to begin and maintain behavioral changes other than for their own health benefit.

scholarly journals A qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Parra ◽  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Alexandria Van Zandt ◽  
Ross C. Brownson ◽  
Janardan Abhishek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Lifestyle

Abstract Background Mindfulness practice and exercise are ways by which older adults can improve and maintain their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Methods This single-site qualitative study gathered insights of older adults’ perceptions about initiating and maintaining mindfulness and exercise practices. We carried out focus groups with 41 adults aged 65–85 who had recently initiated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), structured exercise, or their combination as part of participation in a clinical trial. We used a semi-structured interview to ask them open-ended questions regarding the benefits, barriers and facilitators of participating in mindfulness and/or exercise interventions. The interview also included questions regarding translation of these practices into community settings as well as the long-term maintenance potential of these practices. Results Older adults indicated that the mindfulness training increased their awareness and self-reflection and fostered a more self-accepting attitude. Furthermore, they improved their self-care habits and reported having better familial and social relationships. The main barrier for both the exercise and Mindfulness group was time management. The social benefits and sense of community were some of the primary motivators for older adults in the exercise and/or MBSR interventions. However, the research on how to motivate older adults to initiate healthy behavioral changes also needs to be answered. The benefits of exercise and MBSR are a motivation in and of themselves, as indicated by some of the participants. Conclusions This study indicates that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important health lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change. If it were not for the purpose of the research or the incentives provided by the research team, these older adults may have never started the healthy behavioral changes. From the responses, this may indicate that older adults may need more incentives to begin and maintain behavioral changes other than for their own health benefit.

Mindfulness Practice and Stress Following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Examining Within-Person and Between-Person Associations with Latent Curve Modeling

Mindfulness ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1905-1914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. McClintock ◽  
Roger Brown ◽  
Christopher L. Coe ◽  
Aleksandra Zgierska ◽  
Bruce Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Latent Curve ◽  
Curve Modeling ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

scholarly journals No Sustained Attention Differences in a Longitudinal Randomized Trial Comparing Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction versus Active Control

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donal G. MacCoon ◽  
Katherine A. MacLean ◽  
Richard J Davidson ◽  
Clifford Saron ◽  
Antoine Lutz
Keyword(s):  
Active Control ◽  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Visual Discrimination ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction ◽  
Over Time

Background: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a secular form of meditation training. The vast majority of the extant literature investigating the health effects of mindfulness interventions relies on wait-list control comparisons. Previous studies have found that meditation training over several months is associated with improvements in cognitive control and attention.Methodology/Principal Findings: We used a visual continuous performance task (CPT) to test the effects of eight weeks of mindfulness training on sustained attention by comparing MBSR to the Health Enhancement Program (HEP), a structurally equivalent, active control condition in a randomized, longitudinal design (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01301105) focusing on a non-clinical population typical of MBSR participants. Researchers were blind to group assignment. 63 community participants were randomized to either MBSR (n = 31) or HEP (n = 32). CPT analyses were conducted on 29 MBSR participants and 25 HEP participants. We predicted that MBSR would improve visual discrimination ability and sustained attention over time on the CPT compared to HEP, with more home practice associated with greater improvements. Our hypotheses were not confirmed but we did find some evidence for improved visual discrimination similar to effects in partial replication of other research. Our study had sufficient power to demonstrate that intervention groups do not differ in their improvement over time in sustained attention performance. One of our primary predictions concerning the effects of intervention on attentional fatigue was significant but not interpretable.Conclusions: Attentional sensitivity is not affected by mindfulness practice as taught in MBSR, but it is unclear whether mindfulness might positively affect another aspect of attention, vigilance. These results also highlight the relevant procedural modifications required by future research to correctly investigate the role of sustained attention in similar samples.

scholarly journals Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction buffers glucocorticoid resistance among older adults

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily K. Lindsay ◽  
J. David Creswell ◽  
Harrison J. Stern ◽  
Carol M. Greco ◽  
Janine M. Dutcher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Glucocorticoid Resistance ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Older Adults With Stress Disorders and Neurocognitive Difficulties

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. e734-e743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Tamara Hershey ◽  
Steven Hickman ◽  
Susan R. Tate ◽  
David Dixon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

scholarly journals Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Older Adults: Effects on Executive Function, Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Immune Function

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan A. Moynihan ◽  
Benjamin P. Chapman ◽  
Rafael Klorman ◽  
Michael S. Krasner ◽  
Paul R. Duberstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

scholarly journals Learning to be Mindful: An Exploratory Study into the Perceived Benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training for a Music Therapy Student

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jessica O. M. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction ◽  
Clinical Records

<p>Mindfulness training has become very popular in recent years and has proven successful for reducing anxiety and depression and enhancing coping skills (amongst other benefits). This research project explores the perceived benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training on a music therapy student working with young people with complex needs in special education. Secondary analysis of clinical records (session notes and a reflexive journal) was employed and included the use of both inductive and deductive methods of analysis. Five themes were developed (framed as themes of learning) including: Presence, Non-striving, Beginner’s Mind, Acceptance, and Patience with a final key finding being the effect of modelling to the students. Findings showed these benefits emerging through a journey from early data (before MBSR training) to later data (after MBSR training) and suggest that mindfulness training can be beneficial for both music therapy students and (indirectly) to those they work with. The themes and perceived benefits proved very interconnected with each relating to several others and ‘Being Present’ emerging as an over-arching theme. Similarities between benefits discovered and certain principles of music therapy were discussed and whether the benefits found may have occurred naturally through the course of music therapy training amongst other factors of change and natural growth.</p>

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document