Prolonged Grief and Suicide Among Veterans

Prolonged Grief Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Examining Prolonged Grief Disorder and Its Relationship to Self-Directed Violence Among Veterans

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01247025
• Other study ID #: jrings1
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 22, 2010
• Last updated: March 21, 2014
• Start date: November 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2011

Study information

• Verified date: March 2014
• Source: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review BoardUnited States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary research question in this study will ask, among those receiving outpatient mental health services (MHS) at the Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS)/Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), how many suffer from Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)? Here, it is hypothesized that PGD will occur within the sample. A secondary aim of this study will be to investigate how often PGD co-occurs with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or depression. Also, while PGD has been shown to have an effect on self-directed violence (SDV) among civilians (Prigerson, Bridge et al., 1999), no studies yet have examined the relationship between PGD and SDV among Veterans. Therefore, it also is hypothesized that as PGD severity increases among the Veteran sample, risk for SDV will increase as well. Additional research aims also will be addressed in this study. For one, it will be assessed which grief symptoms are most often reported among the Veteran sample. Also, no study has yet to examine if there are neuropsychological differences between PGD and PTSD. Therefore, another research question here is whether PGD indeed is neuropsychologically different from PTSD. Here, the exploratory hypothesis is that PGD sufferers will respond to a measure of multiple components of cognition (e.g., planning, sequencing, concentration, multitasking, and memory efficiency) in a manner that is significantly different from PTSD sufferers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: August 2011
• Est. primary completion date: April 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 and above

• Not currently active duty in any branch of the military

• English-speaking

• Ability to adequately respond to specific questions regarding the informed consent procedure.

• Active case in Mental Health Services (MHS) at the Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS)/Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently active duty in any branch of the military

• Non-English-speaking

• Inability to adequately respond to questions regarding the informed consent procedure.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Prolonged Grief Disorder
• Suicidality

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
This study will not contain a specific intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) / Denver VA Medical Center	Denver	Colorado
United States	VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System	Denver	Colorado

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System	University of Colorado, Denver

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prolonged Grief Disorder- 13		At least six months post-bereavement	No
Secondary	Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire		Within past month	Yes