The Impact of Expressive Emotional Writing on Facilitating Grief Resolution in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT ID: NCT06147258

Last Updated: 2025-12-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-03

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic benefits of a 10-week online coach-guided EEWP on psychosocial health among adults with SCI.

Detailed Description

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Paralysis in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to grief from the loss of physical capacity, social or occupational role function, and life goals. Expressive emotional writing (EEW) provides an outlet for these individuals to explore and express feelings and emotions that arise from their losses related to limb paralysis. Using a randomized controlled trial design, the proposed project will attempt to confirm the benefits of an online coach-guided EEW program for improving psychosocial health among adults with SCI. Benefits of participating in the program will be evaluated using validated assessments to measure reduction of grief intensity and improvement in other psychosocial dimensions and social participation.

Conditions

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Spinal Cord Injuries Transverse Myelitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Assessors are masked to participant group assignment

Study Groups

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Expressive writing

Participation in a 10 weekly virtual expressive writing with 1 session per week

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

expressive writing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A typical session will begin with the teaching artist (i.e., writing coach) introducing a new writing theme. Participants will have at least 20 minutes to write, and each session will include post-writing reflections and sharing, an undirected supportive interaction among participants.

Waitlist control

Participation in usual daily activities

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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expressive writing

A typical session will begin with the teaching artist (i.e., writing coach) introducing a new writing theme. Participants will have at least 20 minutes to write, and each session will include post-writing reflections and sharing, an undirected supportive interaction among participants.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Endowment for the Arts, United States

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hon K. Yuen, PhD

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Hon Yuen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Hon Yuen, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 205-934-6301

Email: [email protected]

Kimberly K

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 205-934-0862

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Hon K Yuen, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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1925594-38

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

1925594-38

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id