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Mindfulness can improve mental and physical well-being<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mindfulness has become a common self-care practice to improve <\/span>mental and physical<\/span> well-being, decrease symptoms of stress and improve relaxation and concentration.\u202f Mindfulness can be defined as a\u00a0<\/span>state that can be achieved through focusing one’s\u00a0awareness on the present using mind and breath<\/a>. \u00a0Mindfulness can be used as a part of self-care practice, or as mindfulness-based intervention (MBIs)<\/a>. Mindfulness-based interventions are used as a prevention and treatment for depression, anxiety, stress and other psychiatric disorders, and they can be practiced through various exercises and assignments aimed at developing mindfulness through formal practice and in daily life.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n New research project about mindfulness in later life<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>At KTH we are investigating if and how <\/span>AI-mediated mindfulness practice could promote the well-being of older adults aged 65 and over<\/span><\/b>. The project explores the use of mobile applications in mindfulness practice and aims to design a new conversational mindfulness application through participatory design with older adults.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Older adults could significantly benefit from\u00a0mindfulness practice, but most mobile health applications are not developed based on their unique needs and interests. Conversational applications, such as chatbots or virtual assistants can decrease many technology adoption barriers that older adults typically experience with digital technologies and improve the interactivity with the device.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What are the benefits of mindfulness practice in daily life? <\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0M<\/span>indfulness practice has shown to be associated with reduced levels of stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms<\/a>. Mindfulness can facilitate compassionate and self-compassionate thinking, which may reduce negative emotions and thoughts<\/a> experienced in daily life. Mindfulness can also be used as a treatment for physical symptoms, such as chronic pain<\/a>, fatigue and shortness of breath.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Mindfulness technologies today consist of mobile health applications or videos providing guided mindfulness training. In this project, we aim to use and develop a conversational mobile application\u00a0that can provide a more personalised, adaptive and accessible mindfulness experience in comparison to traditional methods of mindfulness practice. This application can be designed to have customisable guidance, interactive features, reminders, progress tracking and social features. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am interested in mindfulness – how can I participate in the project\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We are looking for older adults aged 65 and over who would like to use a mindfulness application for a 3-week period at their home. Participation\u00a0includes an interview before and after using the application. No previous experience of mindfulness is needed, but we recommend that you are comfortable with using a mobile application in Swedish. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>We will soon open the link for registration on the KTH website. You can also register by sending your contact information to to: <\/span><\/b>mccarren@kth.se<\/span><\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By participating in the study, you will have a possibility to test a mobile application in mindfulness practice and contribute to increased scientific knowledge and understanding of the benefits of mindfulness for older adults.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Research team:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lucy McCarren<\/a>, PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, KTH\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sanna Kuoppam\u00e4ki<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, KTH<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mindfulness can improve mental and physical well-being\u00a0 Mindfulness has become a common self-care practice to improve mental and physical well-being, decrease symptoms of stress and improve relaxation and concentration.\u202f Mindfulness can be defined as a\u00a0state that can be achieved through focusing one’s\u00a0awareness on the present using mind and breath. \u00a0Mindfulness can be used as a … Continue reading “Exploring AI-mediated mindfulness practice to promote older adults\u2019 well-being”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ageing-and-technology","category-participatory-design","category-user-involvement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/digitizinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}