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The effect of bereavement groups on grief, anxiety, and depression - a controlled, prospective intervention study.
- Source :
- BMC Palliative Care; 7/12/2016, Vol. 15, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background: Bereavement groups are believed to be beneficial as preventive interventions to reduce the development of complicated grief for people at risk after the death of a significant other. This study aimed to investigate whether measurable effects on grief, anxiety, and depression could be detected in those participating in bereavement groups compared to non-participating controls. Methods: Questionnaires covering the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and background questions were handed out pre-intervention, five weeks and one year post-intervention to bereaved caregivers invited to bereavement groups. The results were analysed with non-parametric methods. Results: A total of 124 individuals answered the questionnaires, and were divided into three categories: participants, non-participants unable to participate, and non-participants not wanting to participate in bereavement groups. At the one-year follow up, participants and those unable to participate reported higher levels of grief and were more anxious than those not wanting to participate. Depression did not differ between the groups. Conclusions: Participation in bereavement groups did not produce any effects on grief, anxiety, or depression in comparison to non-participants who were unable to participate. Non-participants who did not want to participate reported lower levels of grief and anxiety than the other two groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ANXIETY
BEREAVEMENT
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
MENTAL depression
FISHER exact test
GRIEF
LONGITUDINAL method
HEALTH outcome assessment
PALLIATIVE treatment
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SUPPORT groups
STATISTICS
DATA analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1472684X
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Palliative Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116829272
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0129-0