Table 1.
Participant characteristics. Continuous variables: mean (±SD), F value (ANOVA); categorical variables: n (%), X2 value (Chi Square Test).
| Non-bereaved (N=11) |
Non-Complicated Grief (N=9) |
Complicated Grief (N=8) |
F-value/X2 | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/N | SD/% | Mean/N | SD/% | Mean/N | SD/% | |||
| Age | 70.73 | 4.61 | 74.22 | 4.87 | 70.75 | 3.24 | 1.95 | 0.16 |
| Gender (Female) | 8 | 73% | 8 | 89% | 7 | 88% | 1.01 | 0.58 |
| Ethnicity (non-Caucasian) | 4 | 36% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 13% | 4.98 | 0.29 |
| Employment (Retired) | 5 | 45% | 7 | 78% | 6 | 75% | 9.31 | 0.16 |
| Education (Post graduate) | 5 | 45% | 3 | 33% | 4 | 50% | 4.07 | 0.67 |
| Years married/partnered | 39.73 | 13.48 | 30.44 | 18.34 | 33.5 | 17.47 | 0.85 | 0.44 |
| Body mass index | 25.09 | 3.79 | 25.76 | 7.18 | 25.69 | 4.24 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| Alcohol (Drinks per week) | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1 | 1.6 | 3.25 | 5.08 | 2.47 | 0.11 |
| BDI-II | 1.6 | 2.07 | 5.71 | 7.57 | 11.29 | 14.42 | 2.48 | 0.11 |
| ICG | - | - | 17.44 | 7.35 | 31.88 | 4.42 | 23.25 | <0.001 |
| MMSE | 28.09 | 2.07 | 28.89 | 1.54 | 28.63 | 2.33 | 0.42 | 0.66 |