Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Complicated Grief Means for Categorical Background and Contextual Variables (N = 152)
| N | % | Complicated grief a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | |||
| Age | ||||
| Less than 65(b=1) | 74 | (49.0) | 2.59 | (.97)** |
| 65+(b=2) | 78 | (51.0) | 2.19 | (.69) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 31 | (20.4) | 2.35 | (.84) |
| Female | 121 | (79.6) | 2.39 | (.87) |
| Race | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White(b=2) | 148 | (97.4) | 2.37 | (.86) |
| Black | 4 | (2.6) | 2.83 | (.71) |
| Income | ||||
| Less than $15,000 | 17 | (11.2) | 2.23 | (.81) |
| $15,000 to $29,999 | 32 | (21.1) | 2.28 | (.81) |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 56 | (36.8) | 2.45 | (.88) |
| $50,000+ | 36 | (23.7) | 2.50 | (.92) |
| Missing | 11 | (7.2) | ||
| Education | ||||
| High school grad or less(b=3) | 94 | (61.8) | 2.53 | (.93)** |
| Some college or advanced degree | 58 | (38.2) | 2.15 | (.68) |
| Relationship to patient | ||||
| Spouse | 136 | (89.5) | 2.40 | (.85) |
| Adult child | 16 | (10.5) | 2.22 | (.98) |
| Expressed end-of-life care wishes | ||||
| Care preferences specified | ||||
| No(b=4) | 95 | (61.3) | 2.24 | (.44) |
| Yes | 60 | (38.7) | 2.60 | (1.01)** |
| Family context | ||||
| Presence of children in home | ||||
| No(b=4) | 142 | (93.4) | 2.31 | (.82) |
| Yes | 10 | (6.6) | 3.19 | (.95)** |
a
p-Values reported for F test or t tests for significant difference in complicated grief.
b
Refers to the number of missing respondents who were included in this category.
**
p ≤ .01.