Cognitive, psychological, and physiological effects of a web-based mindfulness intervention in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: an open study.
BMC Geriatrics February 14, 2024 Samantha Galluzzi, Mariangela Lanfredi, Davide Vito Moretti et al. 12 citations
A web-based mindfulness intervention delivered via videoconference over eight weeks improved cognitive and psychological measures in healthy older adults. Verbal memory, attention, executive functions, interoceptive awareness, and rumination showed significant improvements that persisted at a six-month follow-up. Electroencephalography recordings revealed a decrease in alpha1 brain rhythms and an increase in alpha2 rhythms from before the intervention to the follow-up, and these brain changes correlated with cognitive and emotional improvements. The findings suggest that remotely delivered mindfulness training may benefit older adults' mental health, but controlled studies are needed to confirm the results.