Scientific Research Database
Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs
As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
615 papers · 1,637 findings · 161 journals · 1970–2015
1 paper found
- 2015· BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine· EmpiricalLeach, Matthew J.; Francis, Andrew; Ziaian, Tahereh (2015). Transcendental Meditation for the improvement of health and wellbeing in community-dwelling dementia caregivers [TRANSCENDENT]: a randomised wait-list controlled trial. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 15, 145.
Twelve-week pilot randomized wait-list controlled trial in 17 dementia caregivers. Response speed improved relative to control, while other between-group outcomes were nonsignificant. The small trial was underpowered for firm efficacy conclusions.
- Cognitive Performance: Response speed improved relative to the wait-list control (p = .03).
- Psychological Health: Other primary and secondary between-group changes, including wellbeing measures, were not statistically significant.
- Health—General: Adverse events were reported by 63% of TM-treated participants, generally transient and mild to moderate, and only possibly related to treatment.