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| Name | Class |
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| Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY | OTHER |
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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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young spouses/domestic partners (20-49 years old) of cancer patients who have died from cancer. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| To determine the rate and levels of prolonged grief in young bereaved spouses/partners of cancer patients | conclusion of the study |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 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 | conclusion of the study | |
| To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting prolonged grief |
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Only spouses/partners of deceased Calvary and Memorial Sloan Kettering patients will be assessed in this study.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sherry Schacter, PhD | Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10065 | United States | ||
| Calavery Hospital |
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| Label | URL |
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| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | View source |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D007407 | Interviews as Topic |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003625 | Data Collection |
| D004812 | Epidemiologic Methods |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
| D017531 | Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms |
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| conclusion of the study |
| To evaluate whether unique themes emerge among those reporting obsessive and histrionic personality traits | conclusion of the study |
| The Bronx |
| New York |
| 10462 |
| United States |
| D011787 | Quality of Health Care |
| D017530 | Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation |
| D011634 | Public Health |
| D004778 | Environment and Public Health |