Support received after bereavement by suicide and other sudden deaths: a cross-sectional UK study of 3432 young bereaved adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the hypothesis that people bereaved by suicide are less likely to receive formal or informal support than people bereaved by other causes of sudden death.

Design

National cross-sectional study.

Setting

Adults working or studying at any UK higher education institution (HEI) in 2010.

Participants

A total of 3432 eligible respondents aged 18-40 years bereaved by the sudden death of a close friend or relative, sampled from approximately 659 572 bereaved and non-bereaved staff and students at 37 of 164 UK HEIs invited to participate.

Exposures

Bereavement by suicide (n=614; 18%), by sudden unnatural causes (n=712; 21%) and by sudden natural causes (n=2106; 61%).

Main outcome measures

Receipt of formal and informal support postbereavem

SUBMITTER: Pitman AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729987 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature