{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Stahl ST"],"funding":["NIMH NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health"],"pagination":["386-391"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10922502"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["32(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>To identify 1) complicated grief symptom clusters among acutely-bereaved older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 and 2) if spousal death due to COVID-19 increased risk of developing probable PGD METHODS: Eighty adults participating in a randomized controlled trial for depression prevention (mean age [± SD] = 70.4 [6.6]) completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief, every 3 months over a maximum of 15 months. Twenty-four percent (n = 19) of participants lost a spouse to COVID-19; 76% (n = 61) lost a spouse to other causes of death. Adjusted linear regression examined the associations between COVID-19 bereavement and six symptom clusters: yearning and preoccupation, anger and bitterness, shock and disbelief, estrangement from others, hallucinations, and behavior change.<h4>Results</h4>Compared to the non-COVID-19 group, the COVID-19 bereaved group reported greater shock and disbelief, hallucinations of the deceased, and estrangement from others. COVID-19 death was also associated with higher risk for probable prolonged grief disorder (PGD) at 12 months (odds ratio = 4.38, p = 0.027).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 present with specific symptoms of distress and may eventually require clinical care for PGD."],"journal":["The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry"],"pubmed_title":["Risk for Complicated Grief After the COVID-19 Death of a Marital Partner in Late Life."],"pmcid":["PMC10922502"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 MH118270"],"pubmed_authors":["Lazzari T","Kazan J","Smagula SF","Gebara MA","Krafty RT","Reynolds CF","Rollman BL","Stahl ST"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Risk for Complicated Grief After the COVID-19 Death of a Marital Partner in Late Life.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>To identify 1) complicated grief symptom clusters among acutely-bereaved older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 and 2) if spousal death due to COVID-19 increased risk of developing probable PGD METHODS: Eighty adults participating in a randomized controlled trial for depression prevention (mean age [± SD] = 70.4 [6.6]) completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief, every 3 months over a maximum of 15 months. Twenty-four percent (n = 19) of participants lost a spouse to COVID-19; 76% (n = 61) lost a spouse to other causes of death. Adjusted linear regression examined the associations between COVID-19 bereavement and six symptom clusters: yearning and preoccupation, anger and bitterness, shock and disbelief, estrangement from others, hallucinations, and behavior change.<h4>Results</h4>Compared to the non-COVID-19 group, the COVID-19 bereaved group reported greater shock and disbelief, hallucinations of the deceased, and estrangement from others. COVID-19 death was also associated with higher risk for probable prolonged grief disorder (PGD) at 12 months (odds ratio = 4.38, p = 0.027).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 present with specific symptoms of distress and may eventually require clinical care for PGD.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2026-04-08T19:52:32.392Z","creation":"2025-04-19T21:16:36.659Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10922502","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37968160"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.019"]}}