Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers
Recruiting · NCT06662409 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Michigan State University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention
What this trial is about
Friend and family caregivers of recently deceased cancer patients experience acute bereavement following the death. Post death bereavement is an intense period of mourning that includes an unfolding of the grief process and is characterized by strong emotions and demands on cognitive resources to those who have put aside their own needs to support the dying patient with cancer. This research will test the feasibility and acceptability of a nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention to support cancer caregivers' during the bereavement process.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- 18 years old or older; Able and willing to provide reflexology
- Able to speak and understand English
- Have access to a telephone
- Able to hear normal conversation
- Cognitively oriented to time, place, and person (determined via recruiter)
Exclusion criteria
- Unwilling to perform return demonstration with 90% accuracy
Where it is running
2 locations listed across 1 US state.
- Michigan State University College of Nursing - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Michigan State University College of Nursing - East Lansing, Michigan, United States