NCT01593436

Mindfulness and RelaxationTraining for Insomnia (MRTI) on Postmenopausal Women: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

The Effects of Mindfulness and RelaxationTraining for Insomnia (MRTI) on Postmenopausal Women: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 66 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Summary Introduction: Insomnia is a symptom of sleep disorders most prevalent. Primary insomnia, the investigators analyzed, often related to stress states acquired, generalized anxiety and stress, which are important factors that disrupt normal sleep. The investigators point out a fact that still intrigue the students of medicine and sleep that is distorted perception of sleep by the sleepless nights, polysomnography shows greater effectiveness than that perceived by them. On the other hand, there is evidence that mindfulness techniques may reduce symptoms of stress and anxiety as well as improve the general attention, which may contribute to a better perception of the effectiveness of sleep. In addition, there are studies showing that meditation is associated with metabolic and neurophysiological characteristics similar to normal sleep. Objectives: To compare sleepless menopausal women trained for 8 weeks in the technique of mindfulness insomniac postmenopausal untrained and also assess the quality of sleep experienced meditators menopausal comparing them to the group of healthy postmenopausal women untrained in the art.

Detailed description

Groups will be assessed by actigraphy, polysomnography and questionnaires for assessing stress, depression, anxiety, quality of life, self-pity, subjective states such as sedation and other physical or mental attitudes, vitality, emotional state and attentiveness. Moreover, prospective memory participants will be evaluated by means of a task as close as possible to real life conditions of the volunteers (green) and also the working memory is assessed by a test called specific counting span. Menopausal women will be evaluated for the presence or absence of bruxism compared to ordinary meditators, all postmenopausal.

Conditions

• Primary Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	mindfulness training	mindfulness interventions for 8 weeks for a group of menopausal insomniacs

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2012-05-08
• Last updated: 2018-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil