Internet-based therapy for bereaved relatives of people who died of cancer

Phase 4

• Conditions: Prolonged grief; F43.2; Adjustment disorders

• Registration Number: DRKS00011001
• Lead Sponsor: niversität Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 87

Inclusion Criteria

1) 18 years or older
2) loss of a significant other to cancer (11.01.17 to 25.04.18 loss of a significant other to haematological cancer)
3) fluent in German language
4) access to a computer with internet
5) informed consent to participate in the study
6) prolonged grief

Exclusion Criteria

1) severe depression
2) suicidal ideation
3) psychosis
4) current substance abuse
5) current psychotherpeutic or psychiatric treatment
6) current psychopharmacological treatment if not stable for at least 4 weeks
7) cognitive or physical impairments that would constrain participation in the study
8) tendency to psychological dissociation
9) posttraumatic stress disorder when related to an event other than the loss

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prolonged grief measured with the German version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG-D; Lumbeck, Brandstätter, & Geissner, 2012).<br>Measured before therapy, immediately after therapy/waiting (after 5 weeks), and 3, 6 and 12 months after therapy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression (PHQ-9), somatization (PHQ-15), anxiety (GAD-7), posttraumatic distress (IES-R), health related quality of life (SF-12), sleep quality (PSQI), posttraumatic growth (PGI). Measured before therapy, immediately after therapy/waiting (after 5 weeks), and 3, 6 and 12 months after therapy.