Table 3.

 Outcome of bereavement for participants who completed the study, for each spiritual belief category, using the core bereavement items scale

Mean core bereavement items (95% CI)	Strength of spiritual belief			All participants (n=95)
	None (n=11)	Low (n=40)	High (n=44)
1 month	28.62 (24.0 to 33.3)	27.03 (22.9 to 31.2)	25.37 (22.2 to 28.6)	26.44 (24.1 to 28.7)
9 months	26.00 (20.6 to 31.4)	26.36 (22.6 to 30.1)	22.98 (19.8 to 26.2)	24.76 (22.5 to 27.0)
14 months	27.53 (22.3 to 32.8)	19.82 (16.6 to 23.1)	20.61 (17.4 to 23.9)	21.08 (19.0 to 23.2)