Suicide bereavement: piloting a longitudinal study in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The pilot study were (1) to test the technical and administrative feasibility of a full-scale study, including recruitment process, response and retention rate, questionnaire design for an investigation to improve understanding of the suicide bereavement processes compared with bereavement by sudden deaths and (2) to present the differences and changes in the main outcomes-grief reactions of close relatives exposed to suicide and sudden death over 2 years.

Design

A longitudinal prospective study comparing bereavement by suicide to other types of sudden deaths over time (6, 12 and 24 months).

Setting

Queensland, Australia.

Participants

25 suicide-bereaved and 15 sudden-death-bereaved persons.

Outcome measures

Grief reactions (measured with the

SUBMITTER: Kolves K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829662 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature