The pediatric version of the guided meditation app Headspace may benefit children with ADHD, according to this small pilot study that explores the feasibility and promise of digital health interventions.
in the group after four weeks of use compared to baseline. These reductions were true for participants no matter how much they meditated.
The study participants were recruited from a pediatric psychopharmacology clinic, and they were asked to complete at least one minute of age-appropriate meditation per day for a total of four weeks. About 80 percent of participants were male, with an average age of 9.2 years. The authors took into account the total number of meditation days, total duration of meditation in minutes, and percent of days with meditation among participants, but found that anxiety and sleep problem scores did not move in accordance with greater participation.
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