A considerable proportion of bereaved individuals experience chronic and disabling grief (so-called complicated or prolonged grief). Complicated grief is associated with severe mental and physical health problems as well as impaired social and occupational functioning. Interventions based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and applied via the internet have shown to be efficacious for this condition, but have not yet been adapted and evaluated in Norway. The aim of the current study is to adapt an internet-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for complicated grief and evaluate its effectiveness as a pilot study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
The intervention consists of ten writing assignments
Change from pretest to posttest in symptoms of complicated grief
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (1) in symptoms of complicated grief
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (2) in symptoms of complicated grief
Time frame: 30 weeks
Change from pretest to posttest in posttraumatic growth
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (1) in posttraumatic growth
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (2) in posttraumatic growth
Time frame: 30 weeks
Change from pretest to posttest in quality of life
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (1) in quality of life
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (2) in quality of life
Time frame: 30 weeks
Change from pretest to posttest in depression
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (1) in depression
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change from pretest to follow-up (2) in depression
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Time frame: 30 weeks