Online cognitive behavioural therapy for reducing distress in people whose loved one died during the pandemic

Online cognitive behavioural therapy for reducing distress in people whose loved one died during the pandemic - Grief and corona

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON54959

Enrollment

128

Registered

2020-10-07

Start date

2021-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-15

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Conditions

Disturbed Grief Persistent Complex Bereavment Disorder

Interventions

In part 1 of the study, the intervention consists of an unguided online CBT for disturbed grief. In part 2 of this study, the intervention consists of a guided online CBT for disturbed grief. The st

Doering & Eisma, 2016). The online intervention consists of the following parts: • Psycho-education contributes to the normalization of grief reactions. The surviving relative understands that cert

the content of the intervention is therefore not dependent on the input from the user.

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - be a family member, spouse, or friend of a person who died (whether or not due to corona) in the COVID-19 pandemic (period March 2020 till current); - the death occurred at least three months earlier (this is in line with prior research, see Litz et al., 2014); - be >=18 years of age; - report clinically relevant symptom-levels of PCBD, PTSD, and/or depression based on interviews.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - does not master the Dutch language; - does not have access to Internet; - suffers from a psychotic disorder or is suicidal.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
PCBD, PTSD, and depression PCBD: Traumatic Grief Inventory - Clinician Administered (TGI - CA; Boelen, Smid, & Lenferink, 2019). PTSD: PTSS Checklist for DSM-5PCL-5 (PCL-5; Weathers, et.al., 2013) Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke et al., 2001)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)