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NCT Number: NCT00745784

Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Grief

Age range

20 year–49 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

in-person or telephone interview

Behavioral

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.

Primary outcomes

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

    Time frame: conclusion of the study

Secondary outcomes

  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

    Time frame: conclusion of the study

  2. To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting prolonged grief

    Time frame: conclusion of the study

  3. To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting obsessive and histrionic personality traits

    Time frame: conclusion of the study

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY

Registry information

Official study title

Lost to Cancer: Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 3, 2008
Registry last updated
Aug 18, 2011

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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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