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Brain Connections, Self-care and Blood Pressure in Black and African Americans With Problems With Memory
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mindfulness and DASH Diet Education and Education group for Hypertension and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Completed, enrolled 38 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This pilot randomized controlled study evaluates Mindfulness and DASH Diet resting state network and blood pressure in 36 (n=12 intervention; n=12 attention control; n = 12 control) Black and African American older adults with early Alzheimer's disease and related dementia disorders and hypertension.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Mindfulness and DASH diet education will include a didactic presentation on stress, theoretical material related to mindfulness, the somatic mind/body connection, relaxation, yoga, meditation, self-awareness, and bodily cues relating to emotional reactivity. Practices will include the body scan, gentle yoga movement, walking/sitting meditation, breathing, relaxation. Additionally, daily 20 min individual practices are done at least 5x/week delivered via a compact disc player or on a preloaded device. Each participant is asked to track his/her daily meditation practice and given a diary for adherence records. A combination of didactic, experiential, and "hands-on" activities will be done to deliver DASH diet guidelines.
The attention control group will attend eight, 2.5 hours sessions on non-health topics such as personal safety, fire prevention, cold weather protection, disaster preparation, internet safety, aging in place, how to know when it's time to move and managing your money.