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. 2011 May 16;10:9. doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-9

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of participants.

All ICG >42 BDI >9 Item C >4
n % n % n % n %
All 276 100 54 19.6 98 35.5 39 14.1
Population
 Palliative sample 74 26.8 16 21.6 36 48.6 11 14.9
 Cpr sample 202 73.2 38 18.8 62 30.7 28 13.9
Gender
 Female 165 59.8 37 22.4 65 39.4 18 10.9
 Male 111 40.2 17 15.3 33 29.7 21 18.9
Age
 15-65 62 22.5 12 19.4 30 48.4 8 12.9
 66-69 65 23.6 13 20.0 20 30.8 7 10.8
 70-73 71 25.7 13 18.3 23 32.4 9 12.7
 74-83 78 28.3 16 20.5 25 32.1 15 19.2

ICG-R = Inventory of Complicated Grief - Revised.

BDI = Beck's Depression Inventory.

Item C = "Even while my relative was dying, I felt a sense of purpose in my life".