Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of …

E Harrop, R Medeiros Mirra, S Goss, M Longo… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating and enduring mass-
bereavement event, with uniquely difficult sets of circumstances experienced by people …

Who suffered most after deaths due to COVID-19? Prevalence and correlates of prolonged grief disorder in COVID-19 related bereaved adults

S Tang, Z Xiang - Globalization and health, 2021 - Springer
Background Deaths by COVID-19 have left behind nearly 12 million recent bereaved
individuals worldwide and researchers have raised concerns that the circumstances of …

[HTML][HTML] Grief before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Multiple group comparisons

MC Eisma, A Tamminga - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2020 - Elsevier
Context Grief researchers are concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic will precipitate
increases in severe, persistent and disabling grief, termed prolonged grief disorder (PGD) or …

Pandemic grief risk factors and prolonged grief disorder in bereaved young adults during COVID-19

S Schneider, PO Rerick, C Cummings… - … & supportive care, 2023 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesThis study evaluated whether COVID-19-specific risk factors (eg, feeling guilty for
not being present with the deceased at the time of the loss and feeling emotionally distant …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on grief: a prospective survey among community hospital next-of-kin

A Edwards, D Do, T Dao - Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Over one million Americans have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19). Increased isolation resulting from social distancing, public health restrictions, and …

Acute grief after deaths due to COVID-19, natural causes and unnatural causes: An empirical comparison

MC Eisma, A Tamminga, GE Smid… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There are now over 800,000 registered deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic
worldwide. Researchers have suggested that COVID-19 death characteristics (eg, intensive …

COVID-19, natural, and unnatural bereavement: comprehensive comparisons of loss circumstances and grief severity

MC Eisma, A Tamminga - European journal of psychotraumatology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Acute grief appears more severe after COVID-19 deaths than natural deaths.
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) also appears prevalent following COVID-19 deaths …

Grief in the time of COVID-19: An editorial

E Bui, I Ander, C Jaussaud - International Journal of Mental Health, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this issue of the International Journal of Mental Health, Jegede et al.(2021) found that
28% of individuals with a mental disorder who were hospitalized for the 2019 Coronavirus …

Long-term bereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study

J Lapenskie, K Anderson, PG Lawlor… - Palliative …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Severe grief is highly distressing and prevalent up to 1 year post-death among
people bereaved during the first wave of COVID-19, but no study has assessed changes in …

Commentary on: A call to action: Facing the shadow pandemic of complicated forms of grief

MC Eisma, PA Boelen - OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this contribution, we respond to a letter in Omega: Journal of Death and Dying by Doka.
Signatories of this letter to the President of the United States convey concerns that deaths …