Table 1.
Sample characteristics (N=135).
| Variable | % (n) or Mean (SD) |
Without Complicated Grief Disorder (N=119) % (n) |
With Complicated Grief Disorder (N=16) % (n) |
Statistical Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistical Test |
df | p | ||||
| Gender | FET a | ---- a | 0.19 | |||
| • Male | 20.0% (27) | 22.0% (26) | 6.3% (1) | |||
| • Female | 80.0% (108) | 78.0% (108) | 93.8% (15) | |||
| Ethnicity | χ2=0.9 b | 2 | 0.63 | |||
| • White | 95.5% (129) | 95.8% (114) | 93.8% (15) | |||
| • Black | 3.0% (4) | 2.5% (3) | 6.3% (1) | |||
| • Hispanic | 1.5% (2) | 1.68% (2) | 0.0% (0) | |||
| Relationship to the Deceased Person |
χ2=1.3 b | 3 | 0.74 | |||
| • Spouse | 80% (108) | 79.0% (94) | 87.5% (14) | |||
| • Child | 5.2% (7) | 5.0% (6) | 6.3% (1) | |||
| • Parent | 10.4% (14) | 10.9% (13) | 6.3% (1) | |||
| • Sibling | 4.4% (6) | 5.0% (6) | 0.0% (0) | |||
| Age (years) | 61.8 (13.7) | 62.04 (13.8) | 62.3 (8.9%) | t= −0.08 | 130 | 0.94 |
| Education (years) | 14.0 (3.0) | 14.27 (2.9) | 13.3 (2.2%) | t= 1.3 | 132 | 0.20 |
| Time Since Death (days) | 19.8 (6.6) | 19.9 (6.3) | 19.8 (6.7) | W=1051.5 c | ---- | 0.81 |
a
Because the expected cell number is <5, Fisher’s exact test (FET) was conducted.
b
Because the expected cell number is <5, Cochran Mantel-Haenszel test was conducted.
c
Because the time to death variable is highly skewed (skewness>2), non-parametric Wilcoxon rank sum test (W) was conducted. Wilcoxon statistic and associated p-value were reported.