NCT03239132

MEditation for Post Stroke Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 71 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility and acceptability of a breath-based meditation in stroke survivors with post-stroke depression (PSD) and their informal caregivers, as well as to examine the effects of the breath-based meditation. The hypothesis is that the breath-based meditation will lead to decreases in the severity of symptoms of PSD, post-stroke anxiety (PSA), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and decreases in plasma IL-1 pro-inflammatory cytokines post-intervention in stroke survivors with PSD and their informal caregivers.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Breath-based meditation	The experimental group will receive 4 group sessions of breath-based meditation over 4 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Meditation educational materials	Meditation educational materials

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-15
• Primary completion: 2019-02-19
• Completion: 2019-02-19
• First posted: 2017-08-03
• Last updated: 2023-06-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States