Clinical trials: Fear of Death
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
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
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
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
Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Renal Failure
Exploring the Impact of " ACP Board Game for Life" on Death Preparation and Anxiety in Patients With Stage 4 and 5 Chronic Kidney Diseases: A Pilot Study
This study was to explore the impacts of participating in "ACP board game for life" on death preparation, death anxiety, end-of-life care preferences, and intervention perception in stage 4-5 CKD patients with advanced chronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Renal Failure, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, End of Life Care
- Trial name
- NCT06046261
- Testing
- ACP board game for life
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
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
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
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.
Pranayama, Exercise
The Effect of Pranayama Exercise
Objective: This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to investigate the effects of pranayama exercises on vital signs, anxiety, fear of death, and sleep quality in patients who have experienced an acute myocardial…
- Conditions
- Pranayama, Exercise, Anxiety, Death
- Trial name
- Pranayama (NCT06822244)
- Testing
- Pranayama exercise, normal breathing
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University