Long-term bereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study.
Julie LapenskieKoby AndersonPeter G LawlorMonisha KabirChelsea NoelBrandon HeidingerHenrique A ParsonsLeila CohenValérie GrattonElla BessererSamantha AdeliRebekah MurphyGrace WarmelsAdrianna BruniKhadija BhimjiClaire DyasonPaula EnrightIsabelle DesjardinsKrista WoollerKyle Arsenault-MehtaColleen WebberDaniel BedardAkshai IyengarShirley H BushSarina R IsenbergPeter TanuseputroBrandi Vanderspank-WrightJames DownarPublished in: Palliative medicine (2024)
Severe grief is a substantial source of psychological morbidity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, persisting more than a year post-death. Our findings highlight an acute need for effective and scalable means of addressing severe grief.