Table 3.
Overview of Literature and Strength of the Evidence Examining Bereavement in Latino/a Persons
| Topic | Authors | Study design | Mode of data collection | Data source | Checklist | Strength: qualitative | Strength: quantitative | Overall strength assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grief from a Cultural Lens | Hardy-Bougere (2008) | Narrative Review | Narrative Review | NA | GRADE | + | Moderate | |
| Clements et al. (2003) | Narrative Review | Narrative Review | NA | GRADE | − | Low | ||
| Rosenblatt (2017) | Narrative Review | Interviews | NA | GRADE | + | Moderate | ||
| Latino Grief Experience | Brooten et al (2016) | Qualitative | Semistructured Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High | |
| Smith et al (2009) | Qualitative | Case Study | Primary | GRADE | − | Low | ||
| Nuñez et al (2019) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High | ||
| Grabowski and Frantz (1993) | Quantitative | Interviews/Survey | Primary | OCEMB | 3 | Moderate | ||
| Diaz-Cabello (2004) | Qualitative | Case Study | Primary | GRADE | − | Low | ||
| Cann (2016) | Review | Review | NA | GRADE | − | Low | ||
| Lipscomb and Salinas (2020) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High | ||
| Rosa and Fuentes (2020) | Chapter | Chapter | NA | GRADE | + | Moderate | ||
| Schoulte (2011) | Narrative Review | Narrative Review | NA | OCEMB | 5 | High | ||
| Garcini et al (2021) | Systematic Review | Systematic Review | NA | OCEMB | 3 | Moderate | ||
| Doran and Hanson (2006) | Qualitative | Case Study | Primary | GRADE | + | Moderate | ||
| Sanchez (2009) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High | ||
| Oltjenbruns (1998) | Quantitative | Survey | Primary | OCEMB | 4 | Low | ||
| Spirituality | Campesino and Schwartz (2006) | Quantitative | Survey | Primary | OCEMB | 4 | Low | |
| Monserud and Markides (2017) | Quantitative | Survey | Secondary | OCEMB | 4 | Low | ||
| Grief and Immigration | Nesteruk (2018) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High | |
| Bravo (2017) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | − | Low | ||
| Garcini et al (2020) | Quantitative | Interviews | Primary | OCEMB | 4 | Low | ||
| Mas-Giralt (2019) | Qualitative | Interviews | Primary | GRADE | + | Moderate | ||
| COVID | Wallace et al (2020) | Commentary | NA | NA | OCEMB | 5 | Low | |
| Núñez et al (2020) | Commentary | NA | NA | OCEMB | 5 | Low | ||
| Postdeath Rituals | Gamino et al (2000) | Quantitative | Surveys | Primary | OCEMB | 3 | Moderate | |
| Hidalgo et al (2021) | Qualitative | Semistructured Interviews | Primary | GRADE | ++ | High |
GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; OCEBM, Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine—Evidence Quality Rating Scale.