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Caregiver Stress and Bereavement

NCT05867706 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-04-04

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Summary

The death of a spouse is considered one of the most stressful and impactful life events and is associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality. Early identification of individuals who are most at risk for poor health outcomes following bereavement is an important aim of precision medicine and disease prevention initiatives. A better understanding of caregiver burden and bereavement-related distress and its implication for health is a clinically-relevant step toward the development of treatments that improve health outcomes in bereaved spouses. This study aims to map profiles of individual differences in short- and long-term adjustment to loss, according to psychological (e.g., depression, stress, grief severity) and biological markers (e.g., inflammation, cortisol) over time.

Conditions

  • Caregiver Burden
  • Bereavement
  • Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Salzburg

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-01
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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