Meditation for adults with mild cognitive impairment: A pilot randomized trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 642-645

  Wells, Rebecca Erwin ^a   Kerr, Catherine E ^b   Wolkin, Jennifer ^c   Dossett, Michelle ^d   Davis, Roger B ^d   Walsh, Jacquelyn ^e   Wall, Robert B ^f   Kong, Jian ^g   Kaptchuk, Ted ^d   Press, Daniel ^d   Phillips, Russell S ^d   Yeh, Gloria ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE ASSESSMENT SCALE COGNITIVE SUBSCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDITATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84876274177     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12179     Document Type: Letter

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