ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to identify subgroups of individuals bereaved within the past 1 year during COVID‐19 pandemic based on symptoms prolonged grief disorder (PGD), depression and post‐traumatic stress (PTSD). Additionally, we examined class differences in socio‐demographic loss‐related variables explored associations between membership insomnia. Methods A total 324 (72.2% female) who experienced bereavement 12 months (M = 4.01 months, SD 2.45) completed Inventory Complicated Grief...

COVID-19 has caused nearly 4.3 million deaths all around the world. People who have experienced loss during this special period may find it difficult to adapt life after loss, and even suffer from prolonged grief disorder or other mental health problems. However, there is a huge gap of research in China, with almost no comprehensive intervention training system very few professional consultants. Considering large number bereaved individuals are suffering problems, significant develop...

The death of a family member affects not only individual members but also their relationships and interactions. Grief has been studied mostly as an intrapersonal experience. Adopting the perspective, this systematic scoping review focused on parent-child in widowed families so to identify what is already known topic research gaps for future study. follows Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses extension Scoping (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. Four databases (Web Science,...

Background: Patients with terminal illnesses have different symptoms. The goal of palliative care is to alleviate the suffering induced by these Available research on symptoms has focused their prevalence or identification clusters. Little known about central contributing maintenance whole system mechanism influence between symptoms, particularly physical and psychosocial Aim: study used network analysis explore symptom clusters among patients identify bridge pathways Design...

The meaning of patient deaths is key to understanding professional bereavement. To validate its construct, we applied partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) online survey data from 563 Chinese physicians and nurses. Both the personal contribute significantly while not interchangeably deaths. In addition loss an acquaintance, a valuable life, goal, can also mean trauma, bad luck, identity crisis, warning, learning opportunity, time empathize with others' sufferings.

Bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic may have some unique characteristics that become potential risk factors (e.g., absence of grief rituals, no opportunity to say goodbye deceased and loneliness caused by social distancing) for acute grief. Avoidance processes could be significant mediators in context pandemic. The current study aimed investigate whether how these COVID-19-related were related severity. Bereaved adults (n = 319) who lost others completed a self-report questionnaire...

Abstract Objectives Caregiving for family members at their end of life is stressful. Caregivers’ strain, burden, or stress has been measured in various geographical and sociodemographic contexts. The concept stress, strain are sometimes used interchangeably. By analysing the factor structure Chinese version Modified Caregiver Strain Index (C-M-CSI), this study aimed to examine caregiving its demographic correlates. Methods A sample 453 caregivers patients with a terminal illness Hong Kong...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to mourning and growth bereaved. purpose is explore relationship between prolonged grief (PG) symptoms post-traumatic (PTG) recently bereaved people during period, mediating role meaning making. 305 participants were recruited complete Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, Inventory Complicated Grief, Integration Stressful Life Experiences Scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses Medcurve in SPSS adapted test hypotheses. results...

In a widowed family, the surviving parent and children face loss together. However, most previous research in bereavement has focused on individual experiences. Although family perspective been introduced into field, neither theories nor empirical explored mutual interaction. Dyadic coping reflects proven to be an influential factor couples facing life adversities. Nevertheless, it not context of bereavement-specific stressors, including loss- restoration-related parent-child relationship....

Delivery of community-based end-of-life care for patients and family members has been recognized as an important public health approach. Despite differences in different healthcare settings the significance a person-centered approach, little research investigated facilitators from perspective service recipients. In particular, there limited exploration strategies to ensure positive outcomes at operational level.To explore factors facilitating provision how these are achieved practice,...

Most theories and empirical studies of bereavement coping focus on the individual, although researchers have highlighted importance family-level proposed concept dyadic (BDC). We developed validated a 25-item Bereavement Dyadic Coping Questionnaire (BDCQ). The procedure includes item generation, expert review, examination psychometric properties in 241 bereaved persons families from China. Factor analysis revealed four factors: direct loss-oriented, indirect restoration-oriented,...

Loneliness is common among older adults and may adversely influence their wellbeing. However, its relations with bereavement-related grief are underexamined. This study utilized network analysis to examine the symptom structures of reactions loneliness symptoms by using secondary survey data from 300 Chinese bereaved in Hong Kong. Centrality revealed that bitterness, disbelief over death, upsetting memories were found be most central while not having enough people feel close or trust...

Grief-related beliefs play an important role in bereavement adjustment. This study aimed to investigate the patterns and correlates of grief-related among recently bereaved adults (n = 311). Latent class analysis results suggested three meaningful grief belief classes could be identified: High (24.1%), Predominantly counterfactual thoughts (42.4%), Low (33.4%). Members reported highest levels symptoms, depression PTSD loneliness, functional impairment. Compared with class, unmarried people,...