Clinical trials: Fear of Death
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 Anxiety
The Effectiveness of an Online Self-Delivered Death Anxiety Intervention
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effectiveness of the online self-delivered death anxiety intervention developed by our team in the general population with a randomized controlled trial.
- Trial name
- NCT06801132
- Testing
- Online self-delivered death anxiety intervention, Waiting-List (WL) condition
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Peking 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
Art Therapy, Mandala Coloring
The Effect of Art-based Mandala Intervention
Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of art-based mandala intervention on anger and death anxiety in older adults residing in a nursing home.
- Conditions
- Art Therapy, Mandala Coloring, Anger, Death Anxiety
- Trial name
- mandala (NCT07496268)
- Testing
- Mnadala coloring, Control
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Death Anxiety
Effectiveness of an Online Religiously-integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Intervention on Death Anxiety
There has been growing awareness of the importance of death anxiety (DA) in pathological anxiety. DA is defined as a persistent and unreasonable fear of death and thoughts, fears, and emotions associated with the end of life.
- Trial name
- RCBT-DA (NCT06876103)
- Testing
- Religiously-integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Classical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Ibn Haldun University
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
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
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, End-of-Life Fear
End-of-Life Fear in Patients With End-Stage Lung Disease (COPD)
The aim of the study is to develop an interview to ask patients with COPD about their fear of death and dying, their needs and wishes at the end-of-life.
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, End-of-Life Fear, Fear About Death and Dying, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT00792974
- Testing
- A brief psycho-educational intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
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
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
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
Urological Cancer
Impact of Mortality Salience on Treatment Decisions
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mortality salience has an impact on treatment decisions in urologists and patients with urological cancer.
- Trial name
- MOST-D (NCT06545188)
- Testing
- Mortality Attitudes Personality Survey, Dental treatment questions (control condition)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 746 people
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
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
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
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
Palliative Care, Pain
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in Palliative Care
Background: Terminally ill patients often experience significant psychosocial distress having depressed mood, death anxiety, pain, and an overall poor quality of life.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Pain, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- LPC (NCT05883540)
- Testing
- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Tartrate
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Terminal Illness, End-of-Life Care
Non-Invasive Detection and Preservation of Neurocognitive Signals in the Peri-Death Period Using Brain-Computer Interface and Artificial Intelligence
Background: Recent electroencephalography (EEG) data indicate that the transition from clinical death to cellular death is marked by highly organized neurophysiological events, including significant surges in gamma-band power…
- Conditions
- Terminal Illness, End-of-Life Care, Death, Brain Death
- Trial name
- NeuroCogPresv (NCT07477028)
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Noah Tech, Corp.
Neoplasms Malignant, Carcinoma
Existential Distress in Patients with Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers
Despite the potential for alleviation of existential distress through psychosocial interventions, existential concerns and their impact on health care outcomes of patients and caregivers have not yet been systematically studied.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms Malignant, Carcinoma, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT04600206
- Testing
- Self-report questionnaires
- Where
- 5 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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
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