The course of symptoms in the first 27 months following bereavement: A latent trajectory analysis of prolonged grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much remains unknown about the course of grief in the early months following bereavement, including the prevalence and timing of a recovery trajectory, whether specific symptoms mark a failure to recover, and the co-occurrence of chronic prolonged grief (PG), posttraumatic stress (PTS) and depression symptoms.

Methods

Two hundred fifty-nine participants completed PG, PTS and depression questionnaires up to eleven times every six weeks during the two years post-bereavement. We used Latent Class Growth Mixture Modeling (LCGMM) to identify subgroups of bereaved individuals sharing similar trajectories for each disorder. We used repeated measures ANOVA to evaluate differences in individual symptoms between trajectories. Finally, we investigated to what extent chronic

SUBMITTER: Djelantik AAAMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature