Strengthening Families in Grief -Adaptation and Pilot Evaluation of a Group Intervention for Parents Following the Loss of the Co-Parent due to Cancer

Strengthening Families in Grief -Adaptation and Pilot Evaluation of a Group Intervention for Parents Following the Loss of the Co-Parent due to Cancer - FiT

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00039060

Enrollment

Registered

2026-02-19

Start date

2027-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Bereaved parents

Interventions

Group 1: Single-arm interventional pilot-study: all participants (bereaved parents after the loss of their co-parent follwing a cancer disease) receive the same intervention (participation in the pare

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Professionals for group leader training: - Psychological or comparable education - Work experience in the field of grief counseling or oncology - Willingness to lead at least one parent group over 10 sessions - Willingness to document the study Parents for the parent group: - Loss of co-parent following a cancer disease - Death of the co-parent occurred between 4 and 30 months ago (at the start of the group) - At least one minor child (< 18 years) lives in the family - Sufficient knowledge of German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parents for parent group: - Indications of a severe mental disorder (child or parent) requiring treatment; assessment via self-report and screening instrument (SKID) - Expression of suicidal thoughts or plans in a one-on-one conversation before participating in the parent group

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Acceptance and feasibility of the parent group - parameters, such as number of participating parents, attendance listes for each parent group session, dropout rate Satisfaction with the parent group (assessed using a short questionnaire that will be handed out after each of the ten sessions)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The mental well being of the parents (Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ 9; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7), well being of the children (proxy version, report of the parents, Stengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ), family communication, and the parents' grief (Prolonged Grief Disorder, PG-13-Revised) Using questionnaires at three measurement time points: T0 (baseline, before the parent group starts) T1 (after completion of the parent group) and T2 (6 months after the completion of the parent group) For in-depth pilot evaluation, qualitative interviews will be conducted with a subsample of participating parents after completing the parent group.	—

Measure

Time frame

The mental well being of the parents (Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ 9; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7), well being of the children (proxy version, report of the parents, Stengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ), family communication, and the parents' grief (Prolonged Grief Disorder, PG-13-Revised) Using questionnaires at three measurement time points: T0 (baseline, before the parent group starts) T1 (after completion of the parent group) and T2 (6 months after the completion of the parent group) For in-depth pilot evaluation, qualitative interviews will be conducted with a subsample of participating parents after completing the parent group.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLaura Inhestern

Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

l.inhestern@uke.de+4940741057684

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 2, 2026