Table 2.

Factors Associated With Grief Severity: Cross-Sectional Analysis Grief Severity at the Baseline–ICG Score.

Factors	Model 1a			Model 2b
	n = 771			n = 771
	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p
Gender (female)	0.35	[−1.30, 2.00]	.68	1.94	[0.35, 3.52]	.02
Age, per year increase	0.07	[−0.02, 0.17]	.13	−0.06	[−0.16, 0.04]	.24
Grief severity at the baseline, per unit increase
Social support, per unit increase	−0.70	[−1.23, −0.18]	.009	−0.28	[−0.72, 0.26]	.36
Who died?
Partner (reference), %	reference	—	—	reference	—	—
Child, %	2.44	[−0.01, 4.90]	.05	4.24	[1.91, 6.58]	≤.001
Other, %	−5.32	[−6.88, −3.76]	≤.001	−3.56	[−5.07, −2.04]	≤.001
Depressive symptoms, per 1 point of score	0.48	[0.40, 0.56]	≤.001	0.46	[0.37, 0.55]	≤.001
Education
High (reference), %	reference	—	—	reference	—	—
Middle, %	3.21	[0.91, 5.50]	.006	3.14	[1.04, 5.23]	.003
Primary, %	5.07	[1.89, 8.26]	.002	4.81	[1.89, 7.73]	.001
Activities of daily living problems, score	0.19	[−1.34, 1.73]	.80	−2.20	[−3.69, −0.71]	.004
Psycholepticsc use, yes vs. no (%)	−3.70	[−5.58, −1.81]	≤.001	0.83	[−0.96, 2.63]	.36
Comorbidities,d yes vs. no %)	0.49	[−1.03, 2.01]	.53	0.02	[−1.40, 1.44]	.98
Cognitive functioning, MMSE, score	−0.66	[−1.27,−0.06]	.03	−0.30	[−0.86, 0.26]	.30

Note. CI = confidence interval; ICG = Interview of Complicated Grief; MMSE = The Mini-Mental State Examination test for cognitive impairment.

^aModel 1 was adjusted for gender and age for each covariate.

^bModel 2 was adjusted for all listed covariates.

^cPsycholeptics includes benzodiazepines, antidepressants, neuroleptics, and anticonvulsants.

^dComorbidities includes the prevalence of myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, joint problems that include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis gout, back pain and ankylosing spondylitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes mellitus.

Bolded values represent all significant associations with P ≤ 0.05