An Individualized Grief Intervention for Spouses of Cancer Patients After the Patient's Death
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Bereavement, Death, Cancer
In brief
Individuals providing end-of-life caregiving to partners with terminal cancer often begin the bereavement process before the patient dies and with additional sources of stress. We know that grief for these partners can be long-term and impact virtually every aspect of their lives. This project will test the effectiveness of a new promising intervention that uses a dual process model (DPM) which focuses both on loss orientation (emotional loss and grief (referred to as LO)) and restoration orientation (learning new tasks of living that may have been the primary responsibility of the spouse who has died (referred to as RO tasks)).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02112084
- Run by
- University of Utah
- People needed
- 237
- Starts
- 2010-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-04-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-05-17
Who can join
Age: 45 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Spouse/Partner of patient with a cancer diagnosis who received hospice care in their home by one of the participating hospice programs
- Lived in the home with the patient
- English speaking and writing
- cognitively and physically able to use the phone unassisted, complete questionnaires, and participate in the DPM intervention
- Access to a telephone
- Intends to reside in an area where the intervention will be offered for the time it takes to deliver the intervention (14 weeks from the start of the intervention).
- No Exclusion Criteria:
Where it is running
- University of Utah College of Nursing — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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