Recruiting

Nature-Based Healing Meditation

Sponsor:

Michigan State University

Code:

NCT06662409

Conditions

Bereavement

Cancer

Caregiver

Grief

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Bereavement

Cancer

Caregiver

Grief

Study ID

NCT06662409

Start date

Jun 1, 2025

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention

6 nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) auditory modules intervention

Interventions

Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention

6 nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) auditory modules available via the study website to facilitate bereavement (grief) recovery and assessed on parameters of directed attention, grief, and QOL (including parameters of depression/anxiety)

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility of Intervention Measure [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]
  • Acceptability of Intervention Measure [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]
  • Attention Function Index [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]
  • Prolonged Grief 13-Revised [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]
  • PROMIS-29: Quality of life [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]
  • Acceptability and Feasibility Tracking [ Time Frame: From baseline to the end of intervention at 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rebecca H Lehto, PhD

(517) 353-4757lehtor@msu.edu

Gwen Wyatt, PhD

(517)432-5511gwyatt@msu.edu

Locations

Michigan State University College of Nursing

Recruiting

East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824

Contacts

Rebecca Lehto, PhD

5174325511lehtor@msu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Michigan State University

Last update posted

Sep 11, 2025

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Keywords

  • nature-based intervention
  • meditation
  • bereavement support
  • grief
  • directed attention
  • quality of life
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • cancer caregiver

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Michigan State University on 2025-09-11.