Table 1.

Relationship Between ICG Scores and Parent and Child Characteristics in 261 Parents

	Sample Size	ICG Score, mean (SD)	P Value
Parent sex			.006
M	80	30.6 (13.5)
F	179	34.8 (14.0)
Race/ethnicity			.18
White	162	31.8 (13.7)
Black	40	34.1 (13.5)
Hispanic	41	37.0 (14.7)
Other	12	38.3 (8.2)
Marital status			.02
Married	182	32.0 (13.5)
Not married	75	37.4 (14.6)
Education			.02
<High school	12	40.2 (9.6)
High school degree	60	37.1 (16.0)
Some college	85	34.0 (13.6)
College degree	100	30.0 (12.5)
Relationship to deceased child			.02
Biological mother	163	34.9 (14.1)
Biological father	70	31.3 (13.6)
Other female guardian	16	34.1 (13.9)
Other male guardian	10	25.5 (12.4)
No. of other children			.90
None	39	34.2 (14.4)
1	84	34.1 (13.6)
2	69	33.9 (13.5)
≥3	65	31.9 (15.0)
Child sex			.62
M	139	34.0 (14.2)
F	121	33.2 (14.0)
Cause of death			.002a
Cardiac	67	32.5 (13.7)
Sepsis/multiple organ failure	41	32.8 (12.4)
Neurologic	32	32.6 (14.7)
Malignancy	29	29.7 (13.3)
Respiratory	29	34.9 (15.7)
Trauma	17	42.5 (12.9)
Other	34	33.8 (14.4)

Abbreviation: ICG, Inventory of Complicated Grief.

^aP value for cause of death reflects comparison of trauma vs all others combined.