Yoga and compassion meditation program improve quality of life and self-compassion in family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients: A randomized controlled trial.
Geriatrics & gerontology international 2017 Marcelo Ad Danucalov, Elisa H. Kozasa, Rui F. Afonso et al.
To investigate the effects of the practice of yoga in combination with compassion meditation on the quality of life, attention, vitality and self-compassion of family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. A total of 46 volunteers were randomly allocated to two groups, the yoga and compassion meditation program group (n = 25), and the control group (CG) that received no treatment (n =...
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12675 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Attention
Caregiver
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