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.

摘要

随着 COVID-19 大流行促使对“悲伤大流行”的预测，长期悲伤障碍 (PGD) 的发生率和风险需要进一步调查。数据是在 2020 年 10 月至 2021 年 7 月期间从 1470 名受访者在线收集的。死亡时间较短、兄弟姐妹和“其他人”死亡以及事故和凶杀造成的死亡与可能 PGD 的潜在风险呈正相关；大家庭和痴呆症的死亡与可能的 PGD 呈负相关。与 COVID-19 死亡直接比较时，自然死亡与可能的 PGD 潜在风险较低相关，而非自然原因死亡与潜在风险较高相关。