From: Acute and long-term grief reactions and experiences in parentally cancer-bereaved teenagers
N who had had an okay way to grieve/N of individuals in the category (%) | OR (95% CI) of having had an okay way to grieve1 | P-value1 | |
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Gender of participants | 0.0020 | ||
Male | 156/303 (51) | 1.77 (1.23–2.54) | |
Female | 109/310 (35) | 1.0 (ref) | |
Family cohesion during the teenage years, until the loss | 0.1459 | ||
Good (moderate, or very much cohesion) | 254/563 (45) | 1.86 (0.81–4.68) | |
Poor (no, or a little cohesion) | 9/48 (19) | 1.0 (ref) | |
Family cohesion during the first 6 months after the loss | 0.0046 | ||
Good (moderate, or very much cohesion) | 239/502 (48) | 2.17 (1.27–3.84) | |
Poor (no, or a little cohesion) | 23/109 (21) | 1.0 (ref) | |
Worried about the surviving parent the first 6 months after the loss | 0.0817 | ||
No (no, or a little worry) | 104/206 (50) | 1.40 (0.96–2.05) | |
Yes (moderate, or very much worry) | 161/407 (40) | 1.0 (ref) | |
The teenager’s level of trust in the care provided to the dying parent in the final week of life | 0.5463 | ||
Trust (moderate, or very much trust) | 218/485 (45) | 1.19 (0.68–2.08) | |
Distrust (no, or a little trust) | 34/103 (33) | 1.0 (ref) | |
The teenager’s perception of the health care professionals’ efforts to cure their parent | 0.3045 | ||
Good efforts (moderate, or very much) | 212/451 (47) | 1.37 (0.75–2.54) | |
Poor efforts (no, or a little) | 52/160 (32) | 1.0 (ref) | |
The teenager’s perception of the health care professionals’ efforts to prolong the parent’s life | 0.6002 | ||
Good efforts (moderate, or very much) | 211/459 (46) | 0.84 (0.43–1.62) | |
Poor efforts (no, or a little) | 53/152 (35) | 1.0 (ref) | |
The teenager’s perception of the health care professionals’ efforts to prevent the parent’s suffering | 0.1760 | ||
Good efforts (moderate, or very much) | 240/524 (46) | 1.54 (0.82–2.94) | |
Poor efforts (no, or a little) | 24/86 (28) | 1.0 (ref) | |
The teenager had talked with their dying parent about what was important | 0.0015 | ||
Yes | 118/225 (52) | 2.00 (1.35–2.97) | |
No, but I didn’t feel a need to | 52/100 (52) | 1.79 (1.08–2.97) | |
No, and I wish I had | 92/280 (33) | 1.0 (ref) |