| Autor: |
Falk MW; Palliative Research Centre, Department of Caring Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden., Alvariza A; Palliative Research Centre, Department of Caring Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.; Capio Palliative Care, Dalen Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden., Kreicbergs U; Palliative Research Centre, Department of Caring Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.; Department of Women and Child's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden., Sveen J; Palliative Research Centre, Department of Caring Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.; Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. |
| Abstrakt: |
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and prolonged grief disorder (PGD) are well-documented in parentally bereaved adolescents. Whether or not the parent's death is perceived as traumatic may be influenced by several end-of-life-related factors. This study aimed to examine the associations between end-of-life-related factors, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), symptoms of prolonged grief disorder and PGD, and the association between PTSD and PGD. Mann-Whitney U tests and Spearman correlation were used to analyze the relationships between end-of-life-related factors, PTSD, and PGD. Regretting one's decision to be present or not present at the time of death resulted in a significant difference in self-reported scores for PTSD, but not PGD. |
