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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2024

Validation of the Pandemic Grief Risk Factors and Its Relationship With Work-Related Stress and Grief Reaction Among Healthcare Workers Who Witnessed Patient Deaths.

C Hyung Keun Park, Soyoung Yoo, Oli Ahmed, Seockhoon Chung, Sherman A Lee

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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C Hyung Keun ParkDepartment of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2568-1426
Soyoung YooDepartment of Digital Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mesoyoung@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2953-508X
Oli AhmedDepartment of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-8037
Seockhoon ChungDepartment of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. schung@amc.seoul.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9798-3642
Sherman A LeeDepartment of Psychology, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1878-3472
Ulsan College · KRAustralian National University · AUChristopher Newport University · USUniversity of Ulsan · KR

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Abstract

backgroundThe Pandemic Grief Risk Factors (PGRFs) was developed as a self-report tool to compile a comprehensive list of unique risk factors related to grief when experiencing a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) loss. We explored the reliability and validity of the PGRF among healthcare workers who witnessed their patients' deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, we examined whether the general severity of PGRF may have been associated with work-related stress and pandemic grief reactions.

methodsAn online survey was conducted among tertiary hospital healthcare workers (doctors and nursing professionals) who had witnessed the deaths of patients they cared for. Pandemic Grief Scale for healthcare workers, the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-3 items, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 responses were collected.

resultsIn total, 267 responses were analyzed. The single-factor structure of the Korean version of the PGRF showed a good fit for the model. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity with other depression and anxiety rating scales. The mediation analysis revealed that work-related stress directly influenced pandemic grief reactions positively, and depression, anxiety, and general severity of grief risk factors partially mediated the association positively.

conclusionAmong healthcare workers who witnessed the deaths of their patients due to COVID-19, the Korean version of the PGRF was valid and reliable for measuring the overall severity of PGRF. The PGRF can be used to identify individuals at risk for dysfunctional grief.

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COVID-19Occupational StressAnxietyDepressionGriefHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsAnxietyCOVID-19DeathDepressionGriefPandemics

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