Online guided vs. unguided cognitive behavioral therapy for distress in people who lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic: A controlled trial
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, depression.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24026
- Lead Sponsor
- trecht University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 102
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria for participation in the study are as follows: 1) having lost a loved one (i.e., a family member, spouse or friend), 2) the death occurred at least three months earlier during the COVID-19 pandemic (period March 2020 until present), 3) at least 18 years of age and 4) report clinically relevant symptoms of PCBD, PTSD, and/or depression based on clinical telephone interviews.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are the following: 1) no mastery of the Dutch language, 2) no Internet access and/or 3) suffering from a psychotic disorder or suicidality.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PCBD symptoms will be assessed with the Traumatic Grief Inventory – Clinician-Administered (Lenferink et al., in prep.).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PTSD symptoms will be assessed with the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (Blevins, Weathers, Davis, Witte, & Domino, 2015). Depression symptoms will be assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001).