Acceptability and effectiveness of the web-based self-management program trauer@ktiv - AgE-health.de
Phase 3
- Conditions
- prolonged grief symptoms in late life (60+)depression in late life
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020595
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 177
Inclusion Criteria
Participants will be included based on the following inclusion criteria: (a) experience of the death of a close person, (b) a time period of six months or longer since loss, (c) feelings of grief, (d) age 60+ years, (e) Internet access, and (f) sufficient proficiency in the German language
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be excluded, if (a) they suffer from suicidal tendencies, (b) they have no contact person (GP, medical specialist) in case of a crisis situation, (c) they are currently in psychotherapy, (d) they currently have an unstable psychopharmacological treatment with changes within the last six weeks, (e) have had medical treatment due to a severe mental disorder not related to bereavement within the last year
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method change in grief symptoms assessed with the Prolonged Grief-13 (PG-13) at 4-months follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of the following secondary outcomes at 4-months follow-up:<br>(1) Grief symptoms (Würzburger Trauerinventar, WÜTI), (2) Depression (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI-II), (3) Social activity (Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale, SASS), (4) Social network (abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network scale, LSNS-6), (5) Quality of life (Short-Form Healthy Survey, SF-12), (6) Loneliness (short version of the Gierveld Loneliness Scale, DJGLS De Jong), (7) Self-efficacy (6 item Hope and self-efficacy subscale from the Empowerment im Prozess der psychiatrischen Behandlung von Patienten mit Affektiven und Schizophrenen Störungen, EPAS); (8) Satisfaction with the intervention/bibliotherapy, (9) Acceptability (IG only, System Usability Scale, SUS), (10) Uptake and adherence with intervention/bibliotherapy<br>