Surveying the quality of bereavement support within a service setting: A pilot study using cognitive interviewing with bereaved people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Provision of bereavement care is not standard practice in palliative care, meaning routinely collected data to understand support quality at a service level is scarce. Survey research can fill this gap.

Aim

To pilot and refine a survey and the survey method to measure the quality and variations in bereavement support at a service level.

Design

Cognitive interview study. In analysis we used a combination of reparative and descriptive cognitive interview approaches to ascertain measurement errors and any participation distress.

Setting/participants

People bereaved due to cancer (13-19 months post death) were consecutively recruited via a hospital-based palliative care service.

Results

Twenty bereaved people participated (parental bereavement 8/2

SUBMITTER: Furlan de Brito M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12405657 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature