Table 2 The most common outcome measures employed in the included studies

Children’s health and behaviour

Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) [42]

Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) [43]

Youth Self-Report (YSR) [42]

Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale-Revised (R-CMAS) [44]

Children’s grief

The Extended Grief Inventory (EGI) [51]

Intrusive Grief Thoughts Scale (IGTS) [52]

Adapted Inventory of Traumatic Grief: Symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (ITG) [45]

Traumatic Grief Inventory for Children (TGIC) [46]

The Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG) [47]

Children’s self-esteem

The Self Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) [53]

Parenting factors

Children’s Reports of Parental Behaviour Inventory (CRPBI) [48]

Parent Perception Inventory (PPI) [54]

Caregiver’s mental health

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [49]

Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Interview (PERI) [50]