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Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners

Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00745784
Collaborator
Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY (Other)
60
Enrollment
2
Locations
30.9
Duration (Months)
30
Patients Per Site
1
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of the research is to learn more about the experience of grief in young bereaved spouses/partners. Recent research has shown that young bereaved spouses/partners experience grief uniquely from other age groups, but it is still unclear how certain factors affect the experience of grief. The investigators research team is interested in studying how the psychological factors of trauma, personality, and meaning of the loss affect grief reactions in young spouses/partners after the loss of a spouse to cancer.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: in-person or telephone interview

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
60 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Lost to Cancer: Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Aug 1, 2011
Actual Study Completion Date :
Aug 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
1

Young spouses/domestic partners (20-49 years old) of cancer patients who have died from cancer.

Behavioral: in-person or telephone interview
Participants will be administered one battery of questionnaires that should take 50- 55 minutes, which may be broken down into two or more segments if necessary. They may choose to have these questionnaires administered to them in person at the hospital, in person at their home, or via telephone by a trained master's level research assistant.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. To determine the rate and levels of prolonged grief in young bereaved spouses/partners of cancer patients [conclusion of the study]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. To determine associations among prolonged grief, personality characteristics , previous trauma, & subjective meanings of the loss to the bereaved spouse in young bereaved spouses/partners of cancer [conclusion of the study]

  2. To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting prolonged grief [conclusion of the study]

  3. To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting obsessive and histrionic personality traits [conclusion of the study]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
20 Years to 49 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be at least 20 years old and no older than 49 years and 11 months old.

  • Participants must have lost a spouse/domestic partner to cancer 6 months to 3 years earlier.

  • Participants must be able to give informed consent.

  • Participants must be able to comprehend English to complete study assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Major psychopathology or cognitive impairment likely in the judgment of the research staff to interfere with the participation or completion of the protocol.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Calavery Hospital Bronx New York United States 10462
2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York United States 10065

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sherry Schacter, PhD, Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00745784
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 08-100
First Posted:
Sep 3, 2008
Last Update Posted:
Aug 18, 2011
Last Verified:
Aug 1, 2011
Keywords provided by , ,
Young Bereaved Spouses

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 18, 2011