Assessing willingness and preference for body scan practices in ADHD: a survey study

Summary & key facts

An online survey of 157 adults with ADHD asked about willingness and preferences for body scan meditation. Most people were not currently doing mindfulness but said they would be willing and thought it was feasible to try body scans. Symptom severity and whether people had space to practice helped predict who was willing. Many preferred professional classes and 1–2 body scan sessions per week. The authors say these results can help design a body-scan intervention and larger studies to test if it works.

Key facts:

• The study used an online survey of 157 adults with ADHD.
• Most participants were not currently practising mindfulness but reported willingness to try body scan practices and believed doing them was feasible.
• Symptom severity and the availability of physical space to practice were identified as predictors of willingness to engage in body scan practices.
• Participants showed a preference for professional (instructor-led) classes.
• Participants commonly preferred doing 1–2 body scan sessions per week.
• The authors note that typical full mindfulness programs need a large time commitment and often have high dropout, which is why focusing on a single component (the body scan) is of interest.
• The paper concludes these findings support co-developing a body-scan intervention and running larger studies to investigate its efficacy.

Abstract

The result provides insights to support the co-development of an intervention based on body scan meditation to manage the difficulties and the design of future studies to investigate its efficacy.

Topics

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Categories

Health Sciences Medicine Psychiatry and Mental health

Tags

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Clinical psychology Economics Intervention (counseling) Meditation Microeconomics Mindfulness Philosophy Preference Psychiatry Psychology Theology