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Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have experienced traumatic losses and therefore are at risk of developing complicated grief regarding the restrictions on the performance of routine mourning rituals. This study is a randomized controlled trial for assessing the efficacy of three...

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Autores principales: Hajebi, Ahmad, Rasoulian, Maryam, Fathi, Marjan, Tiyuri, Amir, Abbasinejad, Maryam, Naserbakht, Morteza, Asadi, Ali, Khademoreza, Nooshin
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36545034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1047448
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author Hajebi, Ahmad
Rasoulian, Maryam
Fathi, Marjan
Tiyuri, Amir
Abbasinejad, Maryam
Naserbakht, Morteza
Asadi, Ali
Khademoreza, Nooshin
author_facet Hajebi, Ahmad
Rasoulian, Maryam
Fathi, Marjan
Tiyuri, Amir
Abbasinejad, Maryam
Naserbakht, Morteza
Asadi, Ali
Khademoreza, Nooshin
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description BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have experienced traumatic losses and therefore are at risk of developing complicated grief regarding the restrictions on the performance of routine mourning rituals. This study is a randomized controlled trial for assessing the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on grief intensity, psychological distress, and quality of life of grief among bereaved people due to COVID-19. METHODS: A total of 120 bereaved people, due to COVID-19, will be enrolled in this multi-center randomized controlled trial after assessment for inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following the informed consent procedure, participants will be allocated into two groups equally by the Stratified Balanced Block Randomization, one of them delivering a three-session grief counseling intervention and the other delivering a five-session grief counseling intervention. The intervention will be delivered by trained psychologists via in-person individual sessions. The primary outcome is grief intensity, and the secondary outcomes are psychological distress, quality of life, and satisfaction of the participants. These outcomes will be measured by the Grief Intensity Scale (GIS), the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), the Short Form Health Survey-12 (SF-12), and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), respectively. The assessments will be done at three time points, one before the intervention and the others 1 month and 3 months after the intervention. The data will be analyzed using the SPSS V.18 and Stata V.11 software. The analysis approach will be “intention to treat.” DISCUSSION: Results of this study can be applied for selecting the most suitable intervention leading to the prevention of complicated grief and the maintenance and promotion of the mental health of bereaved people due to COVID-19. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: [irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20200505047305N1].
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spelling pubmed-97606752022-12-20 Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol Hajebi, Ahmad Rasoulian, Maryam Fathi, Marjan Tiyuri, Amir Abbasinejad, Maryam Naserbakht, Morteza Asadi, Ali Khademoreza, Nooshin Front Psychiatry Psychiatry BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have experienced traumatic losses and therefore are at risk of developing complicated grief regarding the restrictions on the performance of routine mourning rituals. This study is a randomized controlled trial for assessing the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on grief intensity, psychological distress, and quality of life of grief among bereaved people due to COVID-19. METHODS: A total of 120 bereaved people, due to COVID-19, will be enrolled in this multi-center randomized controlled trial after assessment for inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following the informed consent procedure, participants will be allocated into two groups equally by the Stratified Balanced Block Randomization, one of them delivering a three-session grief counseling intervention and the other delivering a five-session grief counseling intervention. The intervention will be delivered by trained psychologists via in-person individual sessions. The primary outcome is grief intensity, and the secondary outcomes are psychological distress, quality of life, and satisfaction of the participants. These outcomes will be measured by the Grief Intensity Scale (GIS), the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), the Short Form Health Survey-12 (SF-12), and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), respectively. The assessments will be done at three time points, one before the intervention and the others 1 month and 3 months after the intervention. The data will be analyzed using the SPSS V.18 and Stata V.11 software. The analysis approach will be “intention to treat.” DISCUSSION: Results of this study can be applied for selecting the most suitable intervention leading to the prevention of complicated grief and the maintenance and promotion of the mental health of bereaved people due to COVID-19. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: [irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20200505047305N1]. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9760675/ /pubmed/36545034 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1047448 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hajebi, Rasoulian, Fathi, Tiyuri, Abbasinejad, Naserbakht, Asadi and Khademoreza. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Hajebi, Ahmad
Rasoulian, Maryam
Fathi, Marjan
Tiyuri, Amir
Abbasinejad, Maryam
Naserbakht, Morteza
Asadi, Ali
Khademoreza, Nooshin
Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title_full Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title_fullStr Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title_full_unstemmed Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title_short Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol
title_sort randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following covid-19 bereavement: a study protocol
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36545034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1047448
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