Open AccessBereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study
Author(s) -
James Downar,
Henrique A. Parsons,
Leila Cohen,
Ella Besserer,
Samantha Rose Adeli,
Valérie Gratton,
Rebekah Murphy,
Grace Warmels,
Adrianna Bruni,
Khadija Bhimji,
Claire Dyason,
Paula Enright,
Isabelle Desjardins,
Krista Wooller,
Monisha Kabir,
Chelsea Noël,
Brandon Heidinger,
Koby Anderson,
Kyle Arsenault-Mehta,
Julie Lapenskie,
Colleen Webber,
Daniel Bedard,
Akshai Iyengar,
Shirley H. Bush,
Sarina R. Isenberg,
Peter Tanuseputro,
Brandi VanderspankWright,
Peter G. Lawlor
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1477-030X
pISSN - 0269-2163
DOI - 10.1177/02692163221109711
Subject(s) - grief , medicine , context (archaeology) , pandemic , cohort , covid-19 , cohort study , family member , psychiatry , family medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , biology
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of deaths worldwide, leading to symptoms of grief among the bereaved. Neither the burden of severe grief nor its predictors are fully known within the context of the pandemic.