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Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Jan 29;29(8):870–876. doi: 10.1002/gps.4076

Table 2.

Changes in psychological symptoms, mindfulness, and quality of life. d = Cohen's d from baseline to post, f/u = follow-up, Post = immediately after 8-week meditation training,

	Baseline (N = 10)	Post (N = 10)	3 month f/u (N = 9)	d
Anxiety (ZAS)	35.1 ± 7.5	31.7 ± 6.4^T	29.6 ± 4.6^*^♮	-0.8
Depression (CES-D)	16.8 ± 11.2	12.6 ± 10.1^*	11.4 ± 6.6 ^T ^♮	-0.7
Insomnia (ISI)	13.2 ± 5.9	9.4 ± 5.6^*	n/a	-0.8
Mindfulness total (FFMQ)	134.8 ± 25.6	146.8 ± 24.7^*	n/a	1.1
Act with awareness	27.0 ± 7.0	29.6 ± 6.1^*	n/a	0.9
Describe	30.8 ± 5.6	31.8 ± 6.2	n/a	0.3
Non-judgment	26.7 ± 8.1	30.8 ± 8.5^*	n/a	0.8
Non-reactivity	23.8 ± 5.5	24.0 ± 5.0	n/a	0.1
Observation	26.6 ± 6.5	30.7 ± 6.7^*	n/a	0.7
Quality of Life (QLESQ-SF)	66.2 ± 10.5	67.4 ± 10.8	70.2 ± 11.1^♮	0.2

p < 0.05 relative to baseline,

p ≤ 0.1 relative to baseline,

^♮

p > 0.1 relative to post treatment. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.