ArticleBMJ open2021
Mobile app for prolonged grief among bereaved parents: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04552717 (My Grief - Development and Evaluation of an App for Parents With Prolonged Grief Disorder After Losing a Child to Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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My Grief - Development and Evaluation of an App for Parents With Prolonged Grief Disorder After Losing a Child to Cancer: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- A French-Language Web-Based Intervention Targeting Prolonged Grief Symptoms in People Who Are Bereaved and Separated: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2024Trial
- Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Interventions for Grief in China and Switzerland: Protocol for a Collaborative and Iterative Qualitative App Development Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- A 1-year follow-up of the My Grief app for prolonged grief.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Testing the cognitive-behavioral model of prolonged grief disorder (PGD): distinct and shared pathways to PTSD and depression.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App for Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Article
- The self-help app My Grief: Bereaved parents' experiences of helpfulness, satisfaction and usability.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- What we know about grief intervention: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Parental Distress in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Associations With Time From Diagnosis, Disease Activity, and Demographic Factors.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2022Article
- My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionBereaved parents, who have lost a child, have an elevated risk to develop mental health problems, yet, few studies have evaluated the effect of psychosocial interventions developed for bereaved parents. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), both face to face or digitally delivered, has shown to be an effective intervention for prolonged grief symptoms. Self-help mobile apps offer various advantages and studies show improved mental health after app interventions. No app has yet been evaluated targeting prolonged grief in bereaved parents. Therefore, the aim of this planned study is to develop and examine the effectiveness of a CBT-based mobile app, called METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will conduct a two-armed randomised waitlist-controlled trial. Parents living in Sweden, who lost a child between one and ten years ago, with elevated symptoms of prolonged grief, will be recruited to participate in the trial. The content of ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval has been received from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (project no. 2021-00770). If the app is shown to be effective, the app will be made publicly accessible on app stores, so that it can benefit other bereaved parents. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04552717.
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