RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06662409

Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers

Support for Bereaved Friend and Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients

Sponsor

Michigan State University

Enrollment

70 participants

Start Date

Jun 1, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Cancer Caregiver Grief Bereavement

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is exploring whether reflexology — a therapy involving gentle, targeted pressure applied to the feet — can help people who were caring for a cancer patient and are now grieving after that person's death. The goal is to understand whether this type of hands-on support can ease grief, stress, or emotional pain. **You may be eligible if...** - You are 18 years old or older - You were a caregiver for someone who died from cancer - You are able and willing to give and receive reflexology (it involves touching the feet) - You can speak and understand English - You have access to a telephone - You can hear a normal conversation **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are unwilling or unable to demonstrate basic reflexology techniques with 90% accuracy during training Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERNature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention

6 nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) auditory modules available via the study website to facilitate bereavement (grief) recovery and assessed on parameters of directed attention, grief, and QOL (including parameters of depression/anxiety)