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NCT Number: NCT03107403

Dreams and Bereavement

The aim of the study is to investigate a possible role of dreaming in emotion regulation testing whether dreaming of a close relative recently deceased is correlated with a positive evolution of the bereavement process

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospices Civils de Lyon Hôpital le Vinatier/Inserm

Bron, 69500, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • age > or = 18 years old
  • the death of a close relative in the last 3 months

Exclusion criteria

  • history of psychiatric and neurologic disease

Treatment and study plan

web form

Behavioral

The scale assessing the bereavement process is the one reported in Teissier 2010

Primary outcomes

  1. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 1

  2. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 90

  3. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 180

  4. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 270

  5. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 360

Secondary outcomes

  1. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 1

  2. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 90

  3. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 180

  4. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 270

  5. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process

    Time frame: Day 360

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon

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Registry information

Official study title

Investigation of the Links Between Waking-life and Dream Content in the Case of the Death of a Close Relative

Acronym: DreamDeath

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 11, 2017
Registry last updated
Feb 28, 2024

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