Mind Your Heart: Exploring Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of Phone-Delivered Mindfulness Training on Medication Adherence in Outpatients With Chronic Heart Failure.

Background: Mindfulness training (MT) may promote medication adherence in outpatients with heart failure.

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the feasibility and acceptability of MT (primary outcomes) and explore effects on medication adherence, functional capacity, cognitive function, depression, and mindfulness skills (secondary outcomes).

Methods: In this pre/post-design study, participants received a 30-minute phone-delivered MT session weekly for 8 weeks.

Exploring Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Mindfulness Training on Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: A Feasibility, Proof-of-Concept Study.

Objectives: This study sought to explore feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of aerobic training (AT), mindfulness training (MT), or both (MT + AT) on cognitive function in older individuals at risk of dementia.

Method: Participants were randomized to AT, MT, both, or usual care (UC). Z-scores of attention, verbal fluency, and episodic memory for non-demented adults (ZAVEN) were computed at baseline, end of treatment (EOT), and 6 months since baseline.

Tai Chi practice and change in exercise habits in survivors of acute coronary syndromes: Is mindfulness a possible mechanism?

Background: Mechanisms by which mind-body practice may improve exercise behaviors in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are unknown.

Purpose: To identify predictors of exercise behaviors developed in response to a tai chi intervention.

Methods: We conducted an exploratory analysis using data from a pilot study of tai chi for physically inactive patients with CHD.