Understanding the Impact of Death Conditions Linked to the COVID-19 Crisis on the Grieving Process in Bereaved Families
- Conditions
- Psychological Disorder
- Interventions
- Other: Qualitative research interview
- Registration Number
- NCT05566366
- Lead Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Brief Summary
This study aims to analyze the grieving process of people who have lost a close first degree relative, understand the impact of death conditions and model a "theory of mourning" in the context of the COVID-19 crisis .
- Detailed Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted us with an unprecedented health crisis, this had major consequences on mental health . International literature has already shown an increase in psychological and psychiatric distress in patients followed in psychiatry, and in the general population.
For bereaved relatives, certain factors contribute to complicate the mourning process, such as: the absence of communication with the healthcare team, the prohibition of visits, the absence of funeral rites... In the proposed research, we will analyze the grieving process of people who have lost a close first degree relative in children and adolescents population, understand the repercussions conditions of death in bereaved families and model a "theory of mourning" in the context of the current epidemic health crisis.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
- Bereaved person who lost a close relative (child, adolescent, adult) since March 2020
- Age over 15 years old
- First degree relative (husband-wife or equivalent, father-mother, son-daughter, brother-sister)
- A bereaved person who is in at least one of the following conditions:
- Unable to visit the hospital if hospitalized OR
- Unable to travel to the home/EPHAD/hospital OR
- Wish not to travel for personal reasons OR
- Failure to perform funeral rites OR
- Failure to respect the wishes of the deceased and his or her own wishes OR
- Inability to see the deceased OR
- Opportunity to participate in the funeral OR
- Unable to say goodbye OR
- Inability to communicate via telephone and/or smartphone OR
- Unable to repatriate the body to the country or region of origin
- Relative who died (child, adolescent, adult) between March 2020 and March 2021 with Covid-19 or other life-threatening conditions
- Relative who died in an inpatient or outpatient setting (EPHAD, home or other structure)
- French or non-French speaking bereaved person
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Presence of a pathology preventing good elocution during the interview:
- Presence of a neurological pathology (e.g. dementia, Alzheimer's, aphasia, dysphasia)
- Presence of an unstabilised psychiatric disorder
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Person under guardianship or curatorship
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description population who lost a loved one during the COVID19 health crisis Qualitative research interview Analyze the grieving process of people who have lost a close first degree relative, understand the impact of death conditions on this process and model a "theory of mourning" in the context of the actual epidemic health crisis.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identify the most traumatic aspects for bereaved families and better identify risk factors that may complicate the grieving process and contribute to the development of possible psychopathology. 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Exploration of support practices for the deceased (s) and funeral rites practices implemented by the bereaved 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Analysis of coping strategies and resilience factors of the bereaved person 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
• Exploration of the dimensions of the lived experience and feelings of the grieving person • Exploration of the psychological state of the bereaved 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
• Assessment of pathological grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief - ICG) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Hogan Inventory Bereavement - Short Form - Children and Adolescent Mourning Scale (HIB-SF-CA) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Description of the socio-demographic characteristics of the bereaved 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Exploration of the relational aspects between the bereaved, his deceased and the rest of his family circle. 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Exploration of the history of the disease (Covid-19 and not Covid-19) and care management (extra-hospital and / or intra-hospital) until the announcement of the death 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Analysis of the relational dimensions between the bereaved and the healthcare team 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Adolescent Resilience Assessment Child and YouthResilienceMeasure (CYRM-R) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
• Exploration of the bereaved person's experience of reporting the epidemic in the media and the COVID-19 disease (whether or not they have contracted it) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
• Assessment of pathological grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief - ICG) • Connor-Davidson ResilienceScale (CD-RISC) Resilience Assessment • Assessment of post-traumatic symptoms in adolescent Children'sRevised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Connor-Davidson ResilienceScale (CD-RISC) Resilience Assessment 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Assessment of post-traumatic symptoms in adolescent Children'sRevised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided
Assessment of post-traumatic symptoms in adults (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) (Post-traumatic stress disorder checklist version DSM-5) (PCL-5) 9 months In accordance with good practice in qualitative methodology, no secondary judging criteria should be used be provided