Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults.

Autor: Lobos-Rivera ME; Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador., Flores-Monterrosa AN; Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador., Tejada-Rodríguez JC; Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador., Chacón-Andrade ER; Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador., Caycho-Rodríguez T; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú. tcaycho@cientifica.edu.pe., Lee SA; Christopher Newport University, Newport News, USA., Valencia PD; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico., Carbajal-León C; South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Perú., Vilca LW; South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Perú., Reyes-Bossio M; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú., Gallegos M; Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS [Psicol Reflex Crit] 2023 Mar 29; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 29.
DOI: 10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6
Abstrakt: Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the dysfunctional grief associated with COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. A sample of 435 Salvadorans (M = 29 years; SD = 8.75) who lost a family member or loved one to COVID-19 completed a digital survey using the Google Forms platform, during April 2 and 28, 2022. The results revealed that 35.1% reported clinically elevated symptoms of dysfunctional grief and among those mourners, and 25.1% also exhibited clinical levels of coronavirus anxiety. A binary logistic regression revealed that predictor variables such as COVID-19 anxiety (p = .003), depression (p = .021), and COVID-19 obsession (p = .032) were significant (χ 2  = 84.31; Nagelkerke R 2  = .242) and predict a 24.2% chance of dysfunctional bereavement.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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