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Objectives: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a novel treatment for depression. Our published randomized controlled trial shows that MBCT improves symptoms of late-life depression (LLD) and anxiety (LLA). We now examine whether continuation sessions of MBCT (MBCT-C) can prevent LLD/LLA symptom recurrence.
Methods/design: Following an 8-week MBCT intervention, we compared patients who attended open-label weekly 1-hour MBCT-C for another 26 weeks (n = 10) vs those who did not (n = 17) for change in depressive and anxiety symptoms.
Results: While there were no significant differences between groups on depressive or anxiety symptom severities between 8- and 34- weeks (Cohen's d = 0.045), we observed a small clinical effect of MBCT-C on symptoms of anxiety (d = 0.29).
Conclusions: These preliminary results suggest that MBCT-C may be somewhat beneficial for symptoms of LLA, but not for LLD. Healthcare providers should consider what is clinically feasible before investing time and resources into MBCT-C in older adults with depression and/or anxiety.
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