Web Based Therapist Tutorial on Prolonged Grief

NCT05121792 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: AAAT7389 Study11R41MH118126-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Death of a loved one is a difficult life experience. About 1 in 10 bereaved people are strongly affected by the loss and grieve intensely for a long time. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people may struggle with grief. The investigators have developed and tested a talk therapy for prolonged grief. The investigators have developed an online grief training for clinicians. The investigators will test if clinicians benefit from the online training and if they find it helpful and engaging. The investigators will recruit 30 mental health professionals as trainees to undergo the training. The mental health professionals will complete questionnaires before and after training to determine how much they learned and how much they liked the training.

Conditions

Prolonged Grief Disorder

Keywords

grief; therapy; training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• User Satisfaction Questionnaire (USQ)

  The USQ evaluates participant satisfaction with the clinical content of web-based applications, and how effective the participant felt the learning was. The USQ contains 15 statements, each rated on a 4-point scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree), and covers several dimensions of the user experience. It also solicits open-ended feedback. The scale ranges from 15 to 60, with a higher score indicating user satisfaction. The investigators will consider an overall mean score of 45 (i.e., an average score of 3 \["agree" on all items\]) to demonstrate acceptable user satisfaction with the clinical content.

  Week 5 (after training completion)

• System Usability Scale (SUS)

  The SUS is a 10-item self-report scale designed to evaluate the usability and user satisfaction with web-based and other technologies. It obtains quantitative feedback on a 0-100 scale regarding the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction users experience while interacting with engineered systems. A mean SUS score significantly greater than 50.9 (mean rating for systems considered "Okay") would be evidence of system user-friendliness; "Good" is considered a mean rating of 71.4 or better.

  Week 5 (after training completion)

Study Arms (1)

Therapist online training in Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be given access to an online 10-module interactive tutorial about Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy.

Behavioral: Web Based Therapist Tutorial on Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy

Interventions

Web Based Therapist Tutorial on Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy BEHAVIORAL

The tutorial consists of 10 online modules following the main procedures of the Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy (formerly known as Complicated Grief Treatment). Each module includes didactic information and interactive activities and videos, and takes approximately 30 minutes to review. Participants can study the material at their own pace.

Therapist online training in Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Mental health professional

You may not qualify if:

• Student or employee of Columbia University

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Columbia University: lead
• Center for Psychological Consultation: collaborator
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Center for Complicated Grief, Columbia School of Social Work

New York, New York, 10027, United States

Location

Center for Psychological Consultation

Madison, Wisconsin, 53717, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Shear K, Frank E, Houck PR, Reynolds CF 3rd. Treatment of complicated grief: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2005 Jun 1;293(21):2601-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.293.21.2601.

  PMID: 15928281 BACKGROUND

• Shear MK, Reynolds CF 3rd, Simon NM, Zisook S, Wang Y, Mauro C, Duan N, Lebowitz B, Skritskaya N. Optimizing Treatment of Complicated Grief: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jul 1;73(7):685-94. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0892.

  PMID: 27276373 BACKGROUND

• Kobak K, Shear MK, Skritskaya NA, Bloom C, Bottex G. A Web-Based Therapist Training Tutorial on Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy: Pre-Post Assessment Study. JMIR Med Educ. 2023 Mar 27;9:e44246. doi: 10.2196/44246.

  PMID: 36972105 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Prolonged Grief Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Kenneth A. Kobak, PhD

  Center for Psychological Consultation, WI

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Katherine Shear, MD

  Columbia School of Social Work

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry

Model Details: Study 1 is an open-label (non-randomized) study to generate pilot data on effectiveness, and to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of the therapist online training program.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 5, 2021
• First Posted: November 16, 2021
• Study Start: October 28, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2022
• Study Completion: June 15, 2022
• Last Updated: July 20, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)