Support Sessions for Parents With Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

NCT06919601 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB-FY2022-338
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Grief-informed Parent Support sessions offered weekly to parents with a child in the pediatric intensive care unit work to decrease symptoms of parent grief compared to a non-grief informed parent support program offered weekly to parents with a child in the pediatric intensive care unit. The main question is: Do parents with a child in the pediatric intensive care unit report fewer symptoms of grief, such as depression and anxiety, following their attendance at a parent support program with a grief-informed intervention compared to parents who receive a non-grief informed support program. Participants will be randomized to : Receive a 8-session grief-informed parent support program or a 8-session non grief-informed parent support program. Parents will report symptoms of grief before and after the 8-session parent support program.

Conditions

Parent Support

Keywords

parents grief intensive care support; death of child; death, grief, parent, child

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• parent grief

  number of parent grief symptoms, such as depression and anxiety

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

Support Sessions for Parents on Expressing Grief

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents in the experiment group will receive 8 Grief-informed support sessions. Each session is curriculum driven and completed in a group session. each session lasts 1 hour. Each session will be delivered by a trained person in grief and loss.

Behavioral: Grief-Informed Healing Circles

Interventions

Grief-Informed Healing Circles BEHAVIORAL

Eight one-hour sessions delivered in a group setting

Support Sessions for Parents on Expressing Grief

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- Parent of a child in the pediatric intensive care unit

You may not qualify if:

• \- Not a parent of a child in the pediatric intensive care unit

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Texas Woman's University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Texas Woman's University

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Judith M McFarlane, DrPH

  Texas Woman's University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2025
• First Posted: April 9, 2025
• Study Start: December 2, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: August 30, 2024
• Last Updated: April 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: June 2025 - December 2026
• Access Criteria: From the investigator at jmcfarlane@twu.edu

Locations

US (1)