ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Strategies for Coping With Complicated Grief in Relatives of Patients Who Are Critically Ill: An Observational Single-Center Cohort Study
Authors' conclusion
Almost all relatives of deceased patients who are critically ill exhibit symptoms of CG. Relatives' functional and dysfunctional coping strategies may be associated with their CG symptoms.
Study context
- Population
- Relatives of critically ill patients who died in the ICU, surveyed 6 months laterof 298 ICU deaths
- Participants
- 89 relatives
- Outcome
- Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) sum score
- Follow-up
- 6 months
Methodological detailsobservational, single-centre
- Observational
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ICG sum score
- Mean ± SD Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) sum score
- 41.6 ± 10.9
- Relatives with ICG score ≥ 25
- 84 (94.4%)
- Being a partner, multivariable coefficient
- 4.9 (95% CI 1.8 to 8.0; P = .003)
- Self-distraction coping, multivariable coefficient
- 4.4 (95% CI 2.5 to 6.3; P < .001)
- Acceptance coping, multivariable coefficient
- −4.4 (95% CI −6.3 to −2.5; P < .001)
- Self-blame coping, multivariable coefficient
- 3.8 (95% CI 1.4 to 6.3; P = .002)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of ICG sum score (multivariable analysis)
| Coefficient (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|
| PartnerMultivariable analysis | 4.9 (1.8–8.0) | P = 0.003 |
| Self-distractionMultivariable analysis | 4.4 (2.5–6.3) | P < 0.001 |
| AcceptanceMultivariable analysis | −4.4 (−6.3 to −2.5) | P < 0.001 |
| Self-blameMultivariable analysis | 3.8 (1.4–6.3) | P = 0.002 |
Original publication
Strategies for Coping With Complicated Grief in Relatives of Patients Who Are Critically Ill: An Observational Single-Center Cohort Study. Chest. Published 1 September 2024. doi:10.
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