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- Title
Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults.
- Authors
Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías; Flores-Monterrosa, Angélica Nohemy; Tejada-Rodríguez, Jennifer Carolina; Chacón-Andrade, Edgardo René; Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Lee, Sherman A.; Valencia, Pablo D.; Carbajal-León, Carlos; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Reyes-Bossio, Mario; Gallegos, Miguel
- Abstract
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 (χ2 = 84.31; Nagelkerke R2 =.242) and predict a 24.2% chance of dysfunctional bereavement.
- Subjects
EL Salvador; COMPLICATED grief; COVID-19 pandemic; GRIEF; CORONAVIRUSES; COVID-19; INDEPENDENT variables; BEREAVEMENT; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Psicologia: Reflexão e Critica, 2023, Vol 36, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0102-7972
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6