Shahini Najmeh, Abbassani Shekufeh, Ghasemzadeh Mahdi, Nikfar Elham, Heydari-Yazdi Aazam Sadat, Charkazi Abdurrahman, Derakhshanpour Firoozeh
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Golestan Research Center of Psychiatry (GRCP), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Neonatal and children's Health Research Center, Taleghani Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
J Patient Exp. 2022 Apr 27;9:23743735221089697. doi: 10.1177/23743735221089697. eCollection 2022.
The grief caused by loved ones' death causes grief is a global phenomenon. The Covid-19 pandemic caused significant changes in human lifestyles and the experience of grief. The purpose of the present study was to compare grief experiences in the deceased's relatives caused by Covid-19 and non-Covid-19. Seventy-five first- and second-degree relatives of the deceased infected with Covid-19 (n = 33) and non-Covid-19 (n = 42) in a Gorgan hospital in northern Iran were included cross-sectional study using convenience sampling. Data were collected using the GEQ-34 grief experience questionnaire and demographic variables and questions related to funeral and burial. The results revealed that the deceased's burial quality caused by the Covid-19 group was significantly lower (p = 0.035). However, the feeling of the Covid-19 label is significantly higher (p <0.001). There was no significant variation in grief's broad experience between the two groups (P > 0.05). Nevertheless, the experience of grief was significantly different in the group of relatives of the deceased infected by Covid-19 in terms of notoriety (P = 0.040) and physical reactions (p = 0.002). Educational interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination due to death caused by Covid-19 and clinical and psychological support of relatives of the deceased due to Covid-19 are recommended by compiling appropriate messages from different channels.
亲人离世所引发的悲痛是一种全球现象。新冠疫情给人类生活方式和悲痛体验带来了重大改变。本研究的目的是比较新冠疫情导致的和非新冠疫情导致的逝者亲属的悲痛体验。伊朗北部戈尔甘一家医院采用便利抽样法，纳入了75名感染新冠病毒的逝者的一级和二级亲属（n = 33）以及未感染新冠病毒的逝者亲属（n = 42）进行横断面研究。使用GEQ - 34悲痛体验问卷以及人口统计学变量和与葬礼及埋葬相关的问题来收集数据。结果显示，新冠疫情组导致的逝者埋葬质量显著更低（p = 0.035）。然而，新冠疫情标签带来的感受显著更高（p < 0.001）。两组之间悲痛的总体体验没有显著差异（P > 0.05）。尽管如此，在声名狼藉方面（P = 0.040）和身体反应方面（p = 0.002），新冠病毒感染逝者亲属组的悲痛体验存在显著差异。建议通过整合来自不同渠道的恰当信息，开展教育干预以减少因新冠疫情导致的死亡所带来的污名化和歧视，并为新冠疫情导致的逝者亲属提供临床和心理支持。
