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Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers

Michigan State University · with National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NCT06662409

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
70
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
November 1, 2024
Record last updated
September 18, 2026

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What the study is about

Friend and family caregivers of recently deceased cancer patients experience acute bereavement following the death. Post death bereavement is an intense period of mourning that includes an unfolding of the grief process and is characterized by strong emotions and demands on cognitive resources to those who have put aside their own needs to support the dying patient with cancer. This research will test the feasibility and acceptability of a nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention to support cancer caregivers' during the bereavement process.

Being studied: Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention

Conditions: Bereavement; Cancer; Caregiver; Grief

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years old or older; Able and willing to provide reflexology
  • Able to speak and understand English
  • Have access to a telephone
  • Able to hear normal conversation
  • Cognitively oriented to time, place, and person (determined via recruiter)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unwilling to perform return demonstration with 90% accuracy

Recruiting US locations

  • Michigan State University College of Nursing

    East Lansing, MI 48824

    Site contact: Rebecca Lehto, PhD · 5174325511 · lehtor@msu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Rebecca H Lehto, PhD · (517) 353-4757 · lehtor@msu.edu
  • Gwen Wyatt, PhD · (517)432-5511 · gwyatt@msu.edu
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