Incidence and risk factors of prolonged grief in relatives of patients with terminal cancer in French palliative care units: The Fami-Life multicenter cohort study.
Maïté Garrouste-OrgeasVéronique MarchéNicolas PujolDominique MichelAdrien EvinVirginie Fossez-DiazSégolène PerruchioAnne VanbésienCatherine VerlaineLaure CopelWilleme KaczmarekLaurence Birkui de FrancquevilleVéronique Michonneau-GandonEmmanuel de LarivièreCécile PoupardinLicia TouzetVirginie GuastellaCarmen MathiasAlaa MhallaGuillaume BouquetBruno RichardDominique GraciaFlorent BienfaitVirginie VerliacGaelle RanchouSylvie KirschCécile FlahaultAmbre LoiodiceSébastien BaillyStéphane RucklyJean-François TimsitPublished in: Palliative & supportive care (2023)
These findings support the importance of screening relatives having risk factors of developing prolonged grief in the palliative unit and 6 months after patient's death.