Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39162702›Full record

ArticleOmega2026

Exploring Funeral Directors' Experience and Perceived Impact of Providing Funeral Services During COVID-19 Restrictions.

Anne Dodd, Suzanne Guerin

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Article in Omega, 2026. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anne DoddUCD School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Suzanne GuerinUCD School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6744-7590

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of ritual/ceremony following bereavement is well documented, however restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the freedom to bury loved ones according to beliefs/traditions. This study explores the experiences of staff providing funeral services during COVID-19 and considers the implications for supporting bereaved families. Fifty-eight staff (male, 72.4%;

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BereavementCOVID-19Funeral RitesMortuary PracticeAdultFemaleHumansIrelandMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesburialCOVID-19deathfuneral directorsimpact

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PMID39162702
PMCPMC13287358

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