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Table 4 Associations between possible predictive variables and having had an okay way to grieve in the first 6 months post-loss

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

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)

 
  1. 1Multivariable model of background, family and health care-related variables that were statistically significantly associated
  2. (p < 0.05) in the bivariable analysis with having had an okay way to grieve
  3. Missing values: 53 individuals were excluded because of missing values for any of the variables included in the model
  4. CI Confidence interval; OR Odds ratio