İnci Figen, Varol Belgin, Kamışlı Songül, Terzioğlu Candan, Bağcaz Arda, Kılıç Cengiz
Psychiatric Nursing Department, Zübeyde Hanım Faculty of Health Sciences, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Türkiye.
Psychiatric Nursing Department, Gülhane Nursing Faculty, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye.
Death Stud. 2024 Sep 21:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2406343.
The COVID-19 pandemic raised fears about a rise in prolonged grief rates. To determine if these fears are justified, we examined an online sample of 329 Turkish adults for their level of prolonged grief symptoms (as well as probable Prolonged Grief Disorder-PGD) and associated factors in relation to losses during the pandemic. Respondents completed measures of prolonged grief, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. Overall, 10% of participants reported symptoms indicating a probable PGD diagnosis. Surprisingly, loss due to COVID-19 or disruption of the natural mourning process did not relate to higher levels of prolonged grief. Our findings suggest that although levels of prolonged grief (and rates of PGD) may have increased during the pandemic, prolonged grief (or PGD) during this time is likely not linked to losses due to COVID-19 or to disruptions in the normal grieving process.
新冠疫情引发了人们对长期悲伤发生率上升的担忧。为了确定这些担忧是否合理，我们对329名土耳其成年人的在线样本进行了调查，了解他们长期悲伤症状（以及可能的持续性复杂丧亲障碍——PGD）的程度，以及与疫情期间损失相关的因素。受访者完成了长期悲伤、创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症的测量。总体而言，10%的参与者报告有症状表明可能被诊断为PGD。令人惊讶的是，因新冠疫情导致的损失或自然哀悼过程的中断与更高水平的长期悲伤并无关联。我们的研究结果表明，尽管在疫情期间长期悲伤的程度（以及PGD的发生率）可能有所上升，但这段时间的长期悲伤（或PGD）可能与因新冠疫情导致的损失或正常悲伤过程的中断并无关联。
