Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners

Grief Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lost to Cancer: Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00745784
• Other study ID #: 08-100
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 2, 2008
• Last updated: August 17, 2011
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: August 2011

Study information

• Verified date: August 2011
• Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the research is to learn more about the experience of grief in young bereaved spouses/partners. Recent research has shown that young bereaved spouses/partners experience grief uniquely from other age groups, but it is still unclear how certain factors affect the experience of grief. The investigators research team is interested in studying how the psychological factors of trauma, personality, and meaning of the loss affect grief reactions in young spouses/partners after the loss of a spouse to cancer.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 2011
• Est. primary completion date: August 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 49 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be at least 20 years old and no older than 49 years and 11 months old.

• Participants must have lost a spouse/domestic partner to cancer 6 months to 3 years earlier.

• Participants must be able to give informed consent.

• Participants must be able to comprehend English to complete study assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major psychopathology or cognitive impairment likely in the judgment of the research staff to interfere with the participation or completion of the protocol.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Grief

Intervention

Behavioral:
• in-person or telephone interview
Participants will be administered one battery of questionnaires that should take 50- 55 minutes, which may be broken down into two or more segments if necessary. They may choose to have these questionnaires administered to them in person at the hospital, in person at their home, or via telephone by a trained master's level research assistant.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Calavery Hospital	Bronx	New York
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To determine the rate and levels of prolonged grief in young bereaved spouses/partners of cancer patients		conclusion of the study	No
Secondary	To determine associations among prolonged grief, personality characteristics , previous trauma, & subjective meanings of the loss to the bereaved spouse in young bereaved spouses/partners of cancer		conclusion of the study	No
Secondary	To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting prolonged grief		conclusion of the study	No
Secondary	To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting obsessive and histrionic personality traits		conclusion of the study	No

External Links

•   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center