DERBY - The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Center at Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St. are seeking volunteers for a study on Multiple Sclerosis and insomnia.
The study will involve using mindfulness meditation to address insomnia.
Volunteers will receive $200.
To participate, volunteers must have a diagnosis of MS and suffer from chronic insomnia, come to Griffin Hospital for three assessments throughout the study, be willing to attend a weekly, two-hour training session for eight weeks and wear a Fitbit activity monitor (provided to volunteers).
For information, call Sue at 203-732-1265 x220 or Rocky at x300.
About The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is committed to research pertaining to the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of chronic disease that is responsive to the priorities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley residents, the residents of Connecticut 's major cities, and other communities throughout the state.
The center is dedicated to participatory research methods, to a robust research agenda inclusive of developmental/determinant, intervention, and translational research; to community involvement in public health; to the eradication of disparities in health and health care in the communities served; and to the dissemination of effective interventions in support of the national objectives of Healthy People 2010.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.
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