Comparing the effect of psychotherapy on the grief experience and quality of life in first-degree relatives of the deceased caused by COVID 19
- Conditions
- Early signs of grief based on obtaining a score of more than 34 from the grief experience questionnaire.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20201119049445N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Death of a first-degree relative due to COVID19 in the last six months
Grief Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) score of >34
Being consent to participate in the study
The age of >18 yrs.
No major psychiatric illness (schizophrenia, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders)
Drug use disorder based on an interview with a psychiatric assistant
Failure to attend treatment sessions for more than two consecutive sessions
Exacerbation of symptoms and the need for psychiatric hospitalization
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Grief score. Timepoint: Before and 4 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Grief Experience Questionnaire.;Quality of Life. Timepoint: Before and 4 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life Questionnaire - Short Form.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method