Grief
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will undergo an intervention programme comprising online sessions of two hours per week for five consecutive weeks and undertake post-session work.
Sponsors
Kyoto University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligibility criteria of the study participants are as follows: (1) informal caregivers, over 18 years of age, who lost a loved one more than 6 months ago; (2) people who can continue to participate in the online sessions and practice self-compassion improvement post-session work by themselves ; (3) people who can use smartphones or PCs with a stable internet connection, with or without the support from others.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria comprise: (1) people currently receiving psychiatric treatment (excluding cases the psychiatrist deems fit for participation in this study); (2) people judged to be unsuitable for participation in this research by one of the researchers due to physical, mental, or cognitive problems (e.g., respiratory disease, dementia, serious past traumatic experience of bereavement etc.)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intervention completion rate | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction, Consent of enrolment, Attrition, Survey response Post-session work submission, Complicated Grief Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Brief Resilience Scale and Self-Compassion Scale. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYu Uneno
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Department of Therapeutic Oncology
Outcome results
None listed