ArticleDeath studies2022
Are deaths from COVID-19 associated with higher rates of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) than deaths from other causes?
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- Impact of the contextual factors regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on bereavement: an integrative review of the literature from a bioethical perspective.Global bioethics = Problemi di bioetica · 2025Article
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- Grief and coping among relatives of patients who died of COVID-19 in intensive care during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Prolonged grief disorder in an inpatient psychiatric sample: psychometric properties of a new clinical interview and preliminary prevalence.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Symptoms and levels of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder in a representative community sample of UK adults.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- DSM-5-TR prolonged grief disorder levels after natural, COVID-19, and unnatural loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2023Article
- Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Experience of loss and grief among people from Germany who have lost their relatives during the pandemic: the impact of healthcare professionals' support.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Positive and negative experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic among lonely and non-lonely populations in Germany.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of three versus five sessions of grief counseling on the psychological aspects following COVID-19 bereavement: A study protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
With the COVID-19 pandemic prompting predictions of a "grief pandemic," rates and risks for Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) warrant further investigation. Data were collected online from 1470 respondents between October 2020 and July 2021. Shorter time since death, deaths of siblings and "others," and deaths from accidents and homicides were positively associated with potential risk of probable PGD; deaths of extended family and from dementia were negatively associated with probable PGD. When compared directly to deaths from COVID-19, natural causes of death were associated with lower potential risk of probable PGD, while deaths from unnatural causes were associated with higher potential risk.
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