Clinical trials: Death Anxiety
Death Anxiety, Depression
Death Anxiety, Depression and Anxiety: An Experimental Study
The goal of this experimental study is to investigate the transdiagnostic role of death anxiety in depression and anxiety symptoms in participants from the general population. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Death Anxiety, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07201480
- Testing
- Mortality Salience Prompts, Dental Pain Prompts
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
Hospice, End of Life
Tandem VR: Synchronized Nature-Based Experiences in Virtual Reality for Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers
Background: Nature-based virtual reality (VR) and other outdoor experiences in head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer powerful, non-pharmacological tools for hospice teams to help patients undergoing end-of-life (EOL) transitions.
- Conditions
- Hospice, End of Life, Palliative Care, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06186960
- Testing
- Tandem Virtual Reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Sleep Disorder, Depressive Disorder
Effects of 12-week Exercise Program on Sleep Quality and Fear of Death in Geriatric Individuals
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of regular aerobic exercise program on tanatophobia and sleep quality in elderly individuals, and to evaluate the relationship between sleep disorder and fear of death.
- Conditions
- Sleep Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Death, Physical Inactivity
- Trial name
- EXDES (NCT05418283)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatric Nursing, Psychoeducation
The Effect of Forgiveness-based Motivational Interviewing
This study aimed to examine the effect of forgiveness-based motivational interviewing on death anxiety, life satisfaction, and forgiveness disposition in patients with COPD.
- Conditions
- Psychiatric Nursing, Psychoeducation, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Forgiveness
- Trial name
- NCT07365943
- Testing
- forgiveness-based motivational interviewing, Control
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Ömer USLU
Healthy, Angiography
Effect of Teach-Back Method in Angiography
This study aims to evaluate the effect of discharge training with Teach-Back Method on anxiety, fear of death and knowledge level in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
- Trial name
- NCT06959303
- Testing
- Teach Back Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tarsus University
Death Anxiety
The Effect of Situation Puzzle Games on Nursing Students' Death Anxiety and Meaning in Life
Goal of this interventional study The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of a scenario-based puzzle educational game on death anxiety and meaning in life among nursing students.
- Trial name
- SPGI (NCT06991621)
- Testing
- Puzzle game, Manual Education
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University, China
Anxiety, Depression
REmote Web Assisted Care for Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Aim and Background: Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) save lives, many ICD-patients experience psychosocial complications such as anxiety disorders, depression and reduced quality of life after…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- REACH-ICD (NCT01589913)
- Testing
- ICD-Forum
- Where
- 7 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Wuerzburg University Hospital
Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Disease
Anxiety and Vagal Control of the Heart in Coronary Disease
To examine the role of reduced vagal control of heart rate in the increased risk of cardiac mortality associated with anxiety in a population with established coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Disease, Depression, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00006311
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Hemodialysis Complication, Death Anxiety
The Mediating Role of Death Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients
This study aimed to determine the mediating role of death anxiety in the relationship between religious attitudes and spiritual care needs of hemodialysis (HD) patients in Turkey.
- Conditions
- Hemodialysis Complication, Death Anxiety, Religious Stigmata
- Trial name
- NCT06478446
- Testing
- observation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
Emotional Distress, Pain
Impact of a Single Art Therapy Session on Mood and Symptom Burden in Palliative Care
The goal of this observational study is to explore whether a single art therapy session can improve mood and reduce symptom burden in adult palliative care patients at a Canadian inpatient unit.
- Conditions
- Emotional Distress, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT06924268
- Testing
- Single Art Therapy Session
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Depressive Symptoms, Depression, Anxiety
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Psychological Distress in Patients With Advanced Illness
Psychological and existential distress are a common cause of suffering among patients nearing the end of life, and a major reason for requesting medical aid in dying.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- NCT04257227
- Testing
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Mental Disorder, General Population
Death Number Perception in Depression, Anxiety, and Schizoypal Personnality in General Population (Covid-19 Pandemic)
France has been put on a lockdown for 8 weeks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus between 17/03/2020 and 11/05/2020. During this lockdown, which is likely to have psychopathological repercussions on the population, the…
- Trial name
- DeathPercep (NCT04384419)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Malignant Neoplasm, Carcinoma
Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Serious Physical Illness
Life-threatening physical illness may powerfully re-activate existential conflict. There is little evidence to date on the effectiveness of relationship-focused therapies in this patient group.The aim of this study is to pilot a…
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasm, Carcinoma, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- ORPHYS (NCT05520281)
- Testing
- Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for patients with serious physical illness (ORPHYS)
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Intervention Compliance, Usability
CSDM: A Trial to Improve Communication and Shared Decision Making Using a Web-Based Tool
The goal is to develop a pragmatic, scalable intervention to overcome problems with surrogate decision making in ICUs. The aim is to conduct a pilot study among surrogates and clinicians of 50 incapacitated patients at high risk…
- Conditions
- Intervention Compliance, Usability, Acceptability
- Trial name
- CSDM Pilot (NCT02955563)
- Testing
- CSDM Web-Based Tool Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Preoperative Anxiety
The Effect of Anaesthesia Technique on Anxiety in Upper Extremity Surgery Patients
This prospective, cross-sectional study aims to investigate the impact of planned anesthesia technique (general or regional anesthesia) and patients' previous anesthesia experience on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- NCT06667596
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Ageism
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Ageism
Background: Healthcare settings must be a patient-friendly environment for the investigator's older adults who are in an imperative need for compassionate healthcare when approaching their later life.
- Trial name
- NCT04319393
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
Support, Family
The Effect of Psychoeducation on Hopelessness, Death Anxiety and Caregiver Burden
This study was conducted to determine the effect of Watson Human Caring Model-based psychoeducation given to the relatives of patients receiving palliative care on hopelessness, death anxiety and the burden of care.
- Trial name
- NCT06154759
- Testing
- Watson Human Caring Model-based psychoeducation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Medipol University
Stillbirth
The Tommy's National Rainbow Clinic Study
The death of a baby before or shortly after birth affects approximately 1 in every 250 pregnancies in the UK meaning that over 4,000 parents experience the death of a baby each year in the UK.
- Trial name
- NCT04393259
- Testing
- Rainbow Clinic Model of Antenatal Care
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Death Anxiety, Death Occurring in Intensive Care Units
The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Death Psychoeducation Program on Death Awareness and Death Anxiety Levels in Nurses
Nurses are the primary caregivers for individuals who experience difficult situations (disease, loss, etc.) or are in the terminal phase. This may cause nurses to be exposed to the same experiences secondarily.
- Trial name
- NCT06957288
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based psychoeducation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kastamonu University
Withdrawal, Anxiety
Terminal Weaning of Mechanical Ventilation or Extubation in Anticipation of Death in the Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of the study is to assess the dying process in critically ill patients with decision to withdraw invasive mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death and to compare effects of extubation and those of terminal…
- Conditions
- Withdrawal, Anxiety, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- ARREVE (NCT01818895)
- Where
- 44 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 458 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee