What Exactly Is “Complicated” Grief? A Scoping Research Literature Review to Understand Its Risk Factors and Prevalence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donna M Wilson (0000-0002-4860-8440, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Elizabeth Mirekuwaa Darko (0000-0003-1394-3641, University of Alberta), Elizabeth Kusi‐Appiah (University of Alberta), Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah (University of Alberta), Sophia J Roh (University of Alberta), Arnel Ramic (University of Alberta), Begoña Errasti‐Ibarrondo (0000-0002-1359-3330, Universidad de Navarra), Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo (Universidad de Navarra) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 471-487 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222820977305 |
| PMID | 33259275 |
| OpenAlex | W3109288996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 33 |
Most people will experience bereavement grief, but some suffer from persistent or prolonged (PoP) grief, grief that used to be identified as "complicated" before recent DSM-5 and ICD-11 definitional developments. In 2020, a scoping literature review was undertaken to identify and consolidate contemporary evidence from research articles published in 2018 or 2019 in paper-based and open access peer-review journals on: (a) the incidence or prevalence of PoP grief, and (b) who develops it or is diagnosed as suffering from it, and correspondingly what causative factors or predictors are associated with PoP grief. All of the 11 identified research articles reported an incidence or prevalence rate, with these varying greatly, but with a much higher rate now that a 6-month post-death measurement timeframe is used. The predictors or factors among people who were identified as having PoP grief also varied considerably, although sudden and unexpected deaths were often implicated
Complicated grief · Disenfranchised grief · Grief · Incidence (geometry · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Traumatic grief · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |