Prolonged Grief and Suicide Among Veterans

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• Conditions: Prolonged Grief Disorder; Suicidality
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01247025
• Lead Sponsor: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-11
• Study First Submitted: 2010-11-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-11-22
• Study First Posted: 2010-11-24
• Primary Completion: 2011-04
• Study Completion: 2011-08
• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

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

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Veterans	No intervention	Veterans receiving mental health services at the Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS)/Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prolonged Grief Disorder- 13	At least six months post-bereavement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire	Within past month

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System; 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States

Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) / Denver VA Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States