Effect of Mindfulness Training on Sleep and Inflammation Among Older Adults With Sleep Problems (MAPS)
Sleep Problems, Inflammation
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sleep Problems focused on measuring Sleep, inflammation, mindfulness, meditation, randomized controlled trial
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women (all races and ethnicities) 55 years of age and older
- Have current problems sleeping
- Fluent in English
- Able to understand and provide signed informed consent
- Willing to be randomly assigned to treatment condition
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals currently undergoing major medical treatment such as surgery, radiation, or immunotherapy
- Individuals living outside of a 20 mile radius from the UCLA Medical Center
- Individuals with current substance dependence
Sites / Locations
- University of California, Los Angeles
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Mindfulness Meditation
Sleep Education
The MAPs program is based on experiential training in mindfulness meditation offered at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). A certified UCLA instructor will provide didactic training in mindfulness meditation in a group-based setting. Participants will be guided through in-class meditation practices and will be assigned daily meditation homework. Active program components include sitting and walking somatosensory-focused meditation, audio-guided body scan meditation, and loving kindness meditation. Participants will attend weekly 2-hour classes for a total of 6 weeks and participants will monitor their sleep with a daily sleep diary. In addition to the MAPs training, sleep hygiene material will also be presented to match the sleep hygiene material in the sleep education condition.
The sleep education condition is founded on knowledge acquisition. In the sleep seminar condition, a trained health educator will provide didactic presentations on sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep problems, and potential solutions to sleep problems in a group-based setting. Active components of sleep education include increasing knowledge of sleep biology, identifying characteristics of healthy and unhealthy sleep, sleep problems, and self-monitoring of sleep behavior. Participants attend weekly 2-hour classes for a total of 6 weeks and participants will monitor their sleep with a daily sleep diary. The health education condition is comparable to MAPs in terms of time, attention, group support, and participant expectancy of a benefit in sleep parameters.