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NCT Number: NCT01292512

Bereavement Management - Description, Assessment and Care

This study aims to develop a risk assessment tool to identify bereaved in risk of complicated grief reactions and to implement a bereavement management programme in primary health care based on the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement. Furthermore to enhance bereavement care in general practice and to enhance patients' self-management in bereavement care.

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Key information

Conditions

Bereavement Grief

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Research Unit for General Practice

Aarhus, 8000, Denmark

About this study

In Denmark alone there are approximately 55.000 deaths annually which leave approximately 200.000 bereaved close relatives. International studies show that 10-15% of bereaved persons develop complications following the death of a close relative. If those studies hold true, approximately 20 - 30.000 individuals annually will develop complications as a result of suffering a loss, and there is hardly any knowledge of how bereavement is treated or even legitimized in primary care and referred on to specialized (psychological or psychiatric) care. The field of bereavement is in need of studies that validate the theoretical underpinnings of the research area, enhanced assessment of predictive risk factors and updated intervention methods: in short a scientifically valid management programme.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Newly bereaved from one of the inclusion facilities.
  • 18 years or older.
  • Danish citizen.
  • Able to understand and speak Danish.
  • Informed consent.
  • Mentally able to cooperate

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with known substance abuse.
  • Patients with recently (within 5 years) diagnosed psychopathological disorders that trigger psychotic episodes.

Treatment and study plan

Prognostic screening for complicated grief

Other

Patients in the intervention group are prognostically screened for development of complicated grief to identify those in need of help.

Primary outcomes

  1. Effect of the intervention measured by an increase in the diagnosis of complicated grief.

    Time frame: 20 months

    GPs receive updated information on bereavement related symptoms, how to identify complicated grief, and the Dual Process Model of coping.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Effect of the intervention measured by register-based data.

    Time frame: 20 months

    Effect of the intervention measured by register-based data on frequency in contact with GP, referrals to psychological/psychiatric counselling, medicine consumption and use of emergency services.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Aarhus

Other

Collaborators

  • Danish Cancer Society
  • Dæhnfeldt Foundation
  • TrygFonden, Denmark

Registry information

Official study title

Bereavement Management. Description, Assessment and Care. A Randomized Controlled Study.

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Feb 9, 2011
Registry last updated
Mar 27, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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