Table 2.
Bereavement Services Offered to and Interest Expressed by Bereaved Family or Friends, Comparing Those With and without Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Complicated Grief.a
| Services Offered |
Service Interest |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N (%) |
Symptoms + n (%) |
Symptoms − n (%) |
χ2 | Total N (%) |
Symptoms + n (%) |
Symptoms − n (%) |
χ2 | |
| Mailings | 86 (2.4) | 26 (7.8) | 60 (1.9) | 45.33b | l529 (42.9) | 220 (66.l) | l309 (40.6) | 80.20b |
| Support groups | 39(1.1) | 12 (3.6) | 27 (0.8) | 2l.33b | 34 (l.0) | l0 (3.0) | 24 (0.7) | l6.20b |
| Workshops | 854 (24.0) | 41 (12.3) | 813 (25.2) | 27.44b | 28 (0.8) | 3 (0.9) | 25 (0.8) | .062 |
| Family counseling | 903 (25.4) | 41 (l2.3) | 862 (26.7) | 33.03b | 6 (0.2) | l (0.3) | 5 (0.2) | 0.37 |
| One-to-one counseling | 1413 (39.7) | 200 (60.1) | 1213 (37.6) | 63.74b | 48 (l.3) | 24 (7.2) | 24 (0.7) | 94.84b |
| Volunteer support | 538 (15.1) | 20 (6.0) | 518 (l6.0) | 23.73b | 5 (0.l) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.2) | 0.58 |
| Telephone calls | 1641 (46.1) | 211 (63.4) | 1430 (44.3) | 44.l5b | 904 (25.4) | l55 (46.5) | 749 (23.2) | 86.83b |
| Reference material | 1403 (39.4) | 201 (60.4) | 1202 (37.2) | 67.60b | 574 (l6.l) | l57 (47.l) | 4l7 (l2.9) | 26l.57b |
| Outside referral | 891 (23.8) | 87 (26.l) | 808 (25.0) | 0.l9 | 45 (l.3) | 24 (7.2) | 2l (0.7) | l04.00b |
| Memorial services | 2504 (70.3) | 289 (86.6) | 2215 (68.6) | 47.73b | 402 (ll.3) | 60 (l8.0) | 342 (l0.6) | l6.6 |
| Other | 65 (1.8) | 22 (6.6) | 43 (l.3) | 46.86b | – | – | – | – |
| Not evaluated | 422 (11.9) | 23 (6.9) | 399 (12.4) | 8.59b | – | – | – | – |
| Not yet decided | – | – | – | – | l32 (3.7) | 20 (6.0) | ll2 (3.5) | 5.44 |
| Declines all follow-up services | – | – | – | – | 263 (7.4) | 8 (2.4) | 255 (7.9) | l3.3 |
a
N = 3561.
b
P < .05.