Effect of Preksha Meditation on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Inattention and Memory; Affect
• Interventions: Other: meditation

• Registration Number: NCT03779269
• Lead Sponsor: Orlando Regional Medical Center

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness.

Detailed Description

Preksha Meditation Research: The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness. The investigators will compare the data received from prior study to analyze their performance before and after. The investigators will also compare this data with control group data, to assess potential improvements as a benchmark. Analyse the EEG data to investigate its impact on brain. Further analyze their blood cells if they show any epigenetic changes. Data analysis team will be blinded for no identifiers are available.

METHOD AND PROCEDURES:

The data analysis will be undertaken by experts and will be blinded. The data currently is only de-identified.

The data which is already collected from the research "Effect of Preksha Meditation (Green color and Buzzing Meditation) on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students with a Control Group" will be analyzed. The data is related to students having practiced minimum 3 guided 25 minute sessions per week in a controlled environment. The control group did not meditate for those weeks when they enrolled in the program.

The intervention the subjects received was as follows:

Experimental group 3 days per week Sessions: 5 minutes: Relaxation and Review of Meditation Practices 10 minutes: Mahapraan Meditation 10 minutes: Green color meditation Begin in stages

* 0 - 2 Weeks: Teach technique and carry out 15 minutes meditation sessions.

* 2 - 9 Weeks: Increment meditation sessions to a length of 25 minutes. 5 minutes: Review of meditation experience and collection of information

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-14
• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-17
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-19
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-01
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-21
• Study Completion: 2025-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 142

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy individuals
• No prior experience in meditation

Exclusion Criteria

• Prior experience with meditation.

  • health issues.
  • Alcohol
  • Smoking.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Color and sound combined meditation	meditation	Combined group
color meditation	meditation	only color meditation
Sound meditation	meditation	Only sound mediation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cognitive skills assessment using Connor's CPT test	8 weeks	Affect, short term memory, inattention,

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pulmonary function using actual lung capacity test	8 weeks	Spirometry
Transcriptomics and epigenetics	8 weeks	Upregulation and transcriptional profiling using fold change

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Florida International University; 🇺🇸 Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Orlando Regional Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States