Stress Reduction with the Transcendental Meditation program in Caregivers: A Pilot Study

Caregivers who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique showed reduced stress, anxiety, and depression compared to a wait-list control group. The pilot study randomly assigned 24 caregivers of family members with chronic conditions to either immediate training in Transcendental Meditation or a wait-list control. After three months, the meditation group reported significantly lower scores on measures of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression. The findings suggest that Transcendental Meditation may be a useful stress reduction tool for caregivers, though the small sample size and pilot nature of the study limit generalizability.

Study at a glance

Abstract

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Nidich S, Nidich RJ, Salerno J, Hadfield B, Elder C (2015) Stress Reduction with the Transcendental Meditation Program in Caregivers: A Pilot Study. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 1:011 Received: August 11, 2015: Accepted: October 30, 2015: Published: November 02, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Nidich S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Nidich et al. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 2015, 1:1 ISSN: 2469-5823