Recruiting

Grief After SCI

Sponsor:

Dr. Karen Ethans

Code:

NCT01957358

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

The Grief Recovery Method

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of the Grief Recovery Method in assisting persons with spinal cord injuries to achieve as complete a recovery as possible, thereby allowing for fuller participation in life.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Study ID

NCT01957358

Start date

Oct, 2013

Status verified date

Apr, 2019

Completion date

Jun, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

\* Persons with a spinal cord injury who are willing to participate in the program.

Exclusion Criteria:

\* Unable or unwilling to participate.

Study Design

Enrollment

8 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Lifestyle counselling using the Grief Recovery Method

Volunteers will participate in a series of weekly and twice-weekly sessions with a counselor who has obtained special training in the Grief Recovery Method.

Interventions

The Grief Recovery Method

The Grief Recovery Method is a structured process designed to help people with spinal cord injuries examine their knowledge of their injury, their emotional reaction to their injury, and their ability to acknowledge their grief over the injury in order to learn techniques to resolve the grief in order to achieve a more complete recovery. Participants will attend a total of 18 sessions, some one-on-one, and some in a group setting. The Grief Recovery Handbook, handouts, DVD (digital video disc) presentations and questionnaires will be used. Targeted activities to decrease isolation and assist volunteers to identify goals for recovery will be utilized.

Primary outcome measure

  • Impact of Event Scale [ Time Frame: At Sessions 1 and 18. (Baseline and month 4) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Gail Burnside

(204) 786-4753

Locations

WRHA Health Sciences Centre Rehabilitation Hospital

Recruiting

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3A 1M4

Principal Investigator:

Karen Ethans, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Dr. Karen Ethans

Last update posted

Apr 18, 2019

Last verified

Apr, 2019

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Dr. Karen Ethans on 2019-04-18.