Clinical trials: Death Anxiety
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
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
Death Anxiety, Occupational Stress
Effect of Expressive Arts Therapy on Death Anxiety in Intensive Care Unit Nurses
This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effect of expressive arts therapy on death anxiety among intensive care unit nurses.
- Conditions
- Death Anxiety, Occupational Stress, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- Expressive Art (NCT07462936)
- Testing
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), Death Anxiety
Die-logue Program for Community Dwelling Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether the Die-logue program can improve attitudes toward death, coping with death, and readiness for advance care planning (ACP) among community-dwelling middle-aged adults aged…
- Conditions
- Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), Death Anxiety, End of Life Care, Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
- Trial name
- NCT07525492
- Testing
- Death Conversation, Online ACP Education
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Anxiety, Depression
Improving Patient and Family Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness
One in five deaths in the U.S. occurs in or shortly after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU), typically following decisions made by surrogate decision makers to forego life prolonging treatment.
- Trial name
- PARTNER (NCT01844492)
- Testing
- The PARTNER Intervention, ICU Usual Care Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
COVID-19 Pandemic, Simulation of Physical Illness
COVID-19 Simulation Education on Nursing Students
This study aims to determine the effect of simulation education as an approach to patients with COVID-19 on nursing students' perception and fear of the COVID-19 disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05576636
- Testing
- Simulation training, Control Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
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
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
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
Burnout, Burnout, Professional
Use of Death Cafes to Prevent Burnout in ICU Healthcare Employees
Burnout affects a significant number of healthcare employees and leads to worsened mental health, increased job turnover, and patient safety events.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Burnout, Professional, Burnout, Psychological, Anxiety
- Trial name
- STOPTHEBURN (NCT04347811)
- Testing
- Death Cafe
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 340 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University School of Medicine
Death Anxiety, Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit)
Platform for End-of-life Awareness, Conversations, and Education (PEACE) Among Registered Nurses
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether the PEACE program can improve early career registered nurses' registered nurses' attitudes towards caring for palliative patients, ability to cope with patients' death, and…
- Conditions
- Death Anxiety, Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), End of Life Care, Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
- Trial name
- NCT07774468
- Testing
- Death Conversation, Online ACP Education
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression
Prospective Evaluation of Family Care Rituals in the ICU
This study will evaluate whether or not engaging family members of patients admitted to the ICU in "Family Care Rituals" will reduce stress related symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety 90 days after patient death or discharge…
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- FCR (NCT02875912)
- Testing
- Family Care Rituals
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Italy
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
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
Alzheimer s Disease, Dementia
CommunityRx-Dementia + Peer Navigation (CRxDpeer)
The CRxDpeer intervention, delivered by a trained peer navigator, in practice called a "peer mentor", includes three evidence-based components: (a) focused education about common social (e.g., food and housing insecurity) and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer s Disease, Dementia, Caregiver, Loneliness
- Trial name
- CRxDpeer (NCT07346183)
- Testing
- CommunityRx-Dpeer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
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
Depressive Symptoms, Perinatal Loss
e-Perinatal Butterfly: An Embedded Study for Parents Experiencing Perinatal Loss
This study is part of the e-Perinatal project and is embedded within the parent e-Perinatal cluster randomized controlled trial (NCT07613008). No additional randomization is performed for this embedded study.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Perinatal Loss, Perinatal Grief, Anxiety Symptoms
- Trial name
- e-Butterfly (NCT07898176)
- Testing
- e-Perinatal Butterfly, Standard routine maternal care
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
Stillbirth, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Feasibility of Online Yoga With Facebook After Stillbirth
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness on PTSD symptoms of the addition of a Facebook group to an online yoga intervention for women following a stillbirth.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04077476
- Testing
- Online Yoga + Facebook, Online Yoga
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Compassion, Death Anxiety
Analysis of COMPASsion and Humanisation of Adolescents Facing the End-of-life Processes.
The investigators want to work on compassion, understood as the recognition of the suffering of others that motivates us to try to alleviate it.
- Conditions
- Compassion, Death Anxiety, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- COMPAS (NCT06310434)
- Testing
- questionnaire, Discussion group, Reflective diary
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,852 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III