Effects of Meditation

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Meditation Training

Treatments: Behavioral: meditation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01827033

NA_00082735

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being done to learn about the effects of doing meditation (sitting quietly and concentrating) on people's ability to pay attention and be relaxed.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 18-55
• currently enrolled in methadone maintenance program

Exclusion criteria

• history of: a severe medical or psychiatric condition (except substance abuse; e.g., schizophrenia); brain trauma affecting cognitive functioning
• prior experience with meditation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

meditation training

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: meditation training