Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64149, first published .
A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Ryan A Mace   1, 2 , PhD ;   Makenna E Law   1 , BS ;   Joshua E Cohen   1 , BA ;   Christine S Ritchie   2, 3 , MSPH, MD ;   Olivia I Okereke   4, 5, 6 , MD ;   Bettina B Hoeppner   2, 7 , PhD ;   Judson A Brewer   8, 9 , MD, PhD ;   Stephen J Bartels   2, 10, 11 , MD, MS ;   Ana-Maria Vranceanu   1, 2 , PhD ;   My Healthy Brain Team   12

1 Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

4 Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

5 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

6 Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

7 Health through Flourishing (HtF) Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

8 Mindfulness Center, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, MA, United States

9 Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, MA, United States

10 Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

11 The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

12 see Acknowledgments, Milton, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Ryan A Mace, PhD
  • Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR)
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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