Table 3.

Generalized estimating equation results for associations between psychosocial health and time relative to the death, i.e., pre- vs. post-death, and its interaction with participant characteristics, i.e., gender and relationship to patient (N = 102 observations)

	SAS Score a (Social Functioning)			BDI Score a (Depression)			BSI Score (Distress)
Variable(s) Examined	β [95% CI]	Wald χ2	p	β [95% CI]	Wald χ2	p	β [95% CI]	Wald χ2	p
Time	−2.8 [−10.5, 4.9]	0.5	.48	−2.6 [−4.5, −0.8]	7.8	.005	−0.4 [−4.1, 3.4]	0.0	.85
Time x Relationship	−13.4 [−28.2, 1.4]	3.1	.08	0.0 [−3.7, 3.8]	0.0	.99	6.6 [−0.8, 14.0]	3.0	.08
Time x Gender	−7.5 [−23.3, 8.3]	0.9	.35	−1.0 [−4.6, 2.6]	0.3	.58	−4.8 [−11.8, 2.1]	1.9	.17

^a= 1 participant’s responses (2 observations) are missing.