Table 3.
Overall symptom frequency (N = 803) |
CG class (n = 209; 26.0%) |
PTSD/CG class (n = 205; 25.5%) |
No PTSD/Partial CG class (n = 145; 18.1%) |
Partial PTSD/CG class (n = 136; 16.9%) |
Resilient class (n = 108; 13.4%) |
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Symptom | n | % | Prob. | SE | Prob. | SE | Prob. | SE | Prob. | SE | Prob. | SE | |
PTSD Re-experiencing cluster | Intrusions | 335 | 44.3 | .28 | .03 | .85 | .03 | .17 | .03 | .56 | .04 | .18 | .04 |
Nightmares | 227 | 28.5 | .11 | .03 | .70 | .04 | .06 | .02 | .35 | .04 | .04 | .02 | |
Flashbacks | 242 | 30.6 | .15 | .03 | .72 | .03 | .06 | .02 | .38 | .05 | .05 | .02 | |
Emotionally distressed | 361 | 45.4 | .29 | .04 | .87 | .03 | .09 | .03 | .73 | .04 | .12 | .03 | |
Physically distressed | 283 | 35.3 | .16 | .03 | .79 | .03 | .06 | .02 | .54 | .05 | .06 | .03 | |
PTSD Avoidance cluster | Avoid thoughts | 273 | 34.1 | .19 | .03 | .70 | .03 | .07 | .02 | .55 | .05 | .06 | .02 |
Avoid activities | 261 | 32.7 | .16 | .03 | .72 | .03 | .04 | .02 | .51 | .05 | .06 | .02 | |
Amnesia | 233 | 29.3 | .14 | .03 | .68 | .03 | .01 | .01 | .42 | .05 | .07 | .02 | |
Loss of interest | 246 | 30.9 | .15 | .03 | .72 | .03 | .02 | .02 | .48 | .05 | .03 | .02 | |
Feeling detached | 167 | 20.8 | .05 | .02 | .57 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .27 | .04 | .02 | .02 | |
Restricted affect | 147 | 18.3 | .03 | .02 | .52 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .23 | .04 | .01 | .01 | |
Foreshortened future | 183 | 22.9 | .06 | .02 | .62 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .32 | .04 | .01 | .01 | |
PTSD Hyperarousal cluster | Insomnia | 324 | 40.4 | .20 | .04 | .83 | .03 | .16 | .03 | .58 | .05 | .11 | .03 |
Irritability | 317 | 39.5 | .20 | .03 | .82 | .03 | .07 | .02 | .66 | .04 | .08 | .03 | |
Difficulty concentrating | 304 | 37.9 | .14 | .03 | .83 | .03 | .07 | .03 | .64 | .04 | .05 | .02 | |
Hypervigilance | 284 | 35.6 | .11 | .03 | .81 | .03 | .07 | .02 | .60 | .05 | .05 | .02 | |
Startle response | 296 | 37.1 | .11 | .03 | .85 | .03 | .05 | .02 | .64 | .05 | .05 | .02 | |
CG | Preoccupation with the person who died | 581 | 72.8 | .90 | .02 | .97 | .01 | .64 | .04 | .71 | .04 | .08 | .03 |
Memories of the person who died are upsetting | 598 | 74.9 | .94 | .02 | .99 | .01 | .74 | .04 | .63 | .05 | .09 | .03 | |
The death is unacceptable | 568 | 71.0 | .94 | .02 | .95 | .02 | .61 | .04 | .62 | .05 | .05 | .02 | |
Longing for the person who died | 579 | 73.6 | .97 | .01 | .98 | .01 | .73 | .04 | .60 | .05 | .02 | .01 | |
Drawn to places and things associated with the person who died | 575 | 71.9 | .97 | .01 | .97 | .01 | .64 | .04 | .58 | .05 | .03 | .02 | |
Anger about the death | 492 | 61.6 | .85 | .03 | .92 | .02 | .49 | .04 | .43 | .05 | .00 | .00 | |
Disbelief | 473 | 59.1 | .83 | .03 | .86 | .03 | .40 | .04 | .46 | .05 | .05 | .02 | |
Feeling stunned or dazed | 527 | 66.0 | .90 | .02 | .93 | .02 | .39 | .04 | .63 | .05 | .09 | .03 | |
Difficulty trusting others | 414 | 52.1 | .79 | .03 | .86 | .03 | .28 | .04 | .25 | .04 | .04 | .02 | |
Difficulty caring about others | 396 | 49.4 | .76 | .04 | .84 | .03 | .23 | .04 | .23 | .04 | .03 | .02 | |
Lonely | 336 | 42.0 | .64 | .04 | .69 | .03 | .15 | .03 | .27 | .04 | .03 | .02 | |
Pain in the same area of the body | 473 | 59.2 | .84 | .03 | .89 | .02 | .35 | .04 | .46 | .05 | .04 | .02 | |
Avoidance of reminders of the person who died | 492 | 61.7 | .93 | .02 | .93 | .02 | .41 | .04 | .38 | .05 | .01 | .01 | |
Feeling that life is empty | 451 | 56.5 | .88 | .03 | .87 | .02 | .33 | .04 | .30 | .05 | .04 | .02 | |
Hearing the voice of the person who died | 439 | 54.7 | .82 | .03 | .85 | .03 | .34 | .04 | .30 | .05 | .04 | .02 | |
Seeing the person who died | 449 | 56.1 | .89 | .03 | .89 | .02 | .35 | .04 | .23 | .04 | .00 | .00 | |
Feeling it is unfair to live when the other person has died | 452 | 56.6 | .84 | .03 | .89 | .02 | .35 | .04 | .33 | .05 | .00 | .01 | |
Bitter about the death | 590 | 74.0 | .98 | .01 | .95 | .02 | .69 | .04 | .65 | .05 | .07 | .02 | |
Envious of others | 540 | 67.2 | .96 | .02 | .96 | .01 | .54 | .04 | .47 | .05 | .00 | .00 |
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; CG, complicated grief.