Explore
2019
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Susan Druker, Florence Meleo-Meyer et al.
Since impulsivity is associated with unhealthy behaviors in adolescents, interventions targeting impulsivity could positively affect such behaviors. Whether integrating mindfulness training (MT) into standard school-based health education could improve impulsivity is unknown. To obtain preliminary estimates of effect of MT integrated in standard high school health education on impulsivity. Two...
Nursing Research
2017
Edwin N Aroke, Sybil L. Crawford, Jennifer R Dungan
Up to 55% of patients who are administered ketamine experience an emergence phenomena (EP) that closely mimics schizophrenia and increases their risk of injury; however, to date, no studies have investigated genetic association of ketamine-induced EP in healthy patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility and sample sizes required to explore the relationship between...
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
April 19, 2013
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Sybil L. Crawford, James Carmody et al.
35 citations
BACKGROUND: The reduction in adrenergic activity and anxiety associated with meditation may be beneficial for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the feasibility of a phone-delivered mindfulness intervention in patients with defibrillators and to obtain preliminary indications of efficacy on mindfulness and anxiety. METHODS: Clinically...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2012
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, James Carmody, Gloria Y Yeh et al.
12 citations
Background. Meditation practices are associated with a reduction in adrenergic activity that may benefit patients with severe cardiac arrhythmias. This paper describes the design and methods of a pilot study testing the feasibility of a phone-delivered mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) for treatment of anxiety in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Design and...
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
October 1, 2011
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Sybil L. Crawford, James Carmody et al.
The characteristics of dispositional mindfulness have rarely been explored in unhealthy populations. We sought to evaluate its association(s) with psychological morbidity and disease severity in 30 outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators naïve to mindfulness training. We used the Five Facets of Mindfulness and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to measure dispositional...
Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
March 4, 2011
James Carmody, Sybil L. Crawford, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher et al.
190 citations
In Brief Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of participation in a mindfulness training program (mindfulness-based stress reduction, [MBSR]) on the degree of bother from hot flashes and night sweats. Methods: This study was a randomized trial of 110 late perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women experiencing an average of 5 or more moderate or severe hot flashes...
Menopause
2006
James Carmody, Sybil L. Crawford, Linda Churchill
A variety of results from both population and laboratory studies suggest that stress and hot flashes (HFs) are correlated and that HFs are more severe in women with lower coping abilities. The objective of this pilot study was to obtain information on the feasibility and effect of participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on HF severity and menopause-related quality...