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VR+TAU for Grief (DIANE Trial)

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Research Sponsored by Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up day 1 (pre-assessment), up to 3 weeks from day 1, up to 6 weeks from day 1
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DIANE Trial Summary

This trial is looking at whether a VR intervention can help mothers who experienced a perinatal loss. The investigators hypothesize that the VR-based intervention group will show significantly reduced symptoms related to grief, postnatal depression and general psychopathology after treatment relative to a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group.

Eligible Conditions
  • Grief
  • Perinatal

DIANE Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~day 1 (pre-assessment), up to 3 weeks from day 1, up to 6 weeks from day 1
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and day 1 (pre-assessment), up to 3 weeks from day 1, up to 6 weeks from day 1 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Beck Depression Inventory-II (change)
Clinical Global Impression rated by the therapist (change)
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (change)
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Secondary outcome measures
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

DIANE Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: VR+TAUActive Control2 Interventions
Participants will participate first to a VR-based intervention and then to the TAU condition. The TAU condition is a homogenous standard program proposed by the Centre d'études et de recherché en intervention familiale (CERIF) at Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) based on group counseling offered to women and men who experienced a perinatal loss.
Group II: TAU+VRActive Control2 Interventions
Participants will be invited first to participate to the TAU condition and then to the VR-based intervention.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Universite du Quebec en OutaouaisLead Sponsor
12 Previous Clinical Trials
870 Total Patients Enrolled
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du QuébecOTHER_GOV
80 Previous Clinical Trials
46,508 Total Patients Enrolled
Canadian Research Chair in Family Psychosocial HealthUNKNOWN

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Recent research and studies
Frontiers in PsychologyJournal
Providing Psychological and Emotional Support After Perinatal Loss: Protocol for a Virtual Reality-based Intervention
Corno, Giulia, Stéphane Bouchard, Rosa M. Baños, Marie-Christine Rivard, Chantal Verdon, and Francine de Montigny. 2020. “Providing Psychological and Emotional Support After Perinatal Loss: Protocol for a Virtual Reality-based Intervention”. Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01262.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Providing Psychological and Emotional Support After Perinatal Loss: A Virtual Reality-Based Intervention
Giulia Corno 2020. "Providing Psychological and Emotional Support After Perinatal Loss: A Virtual Reality-Based Intervention". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04656977.
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