Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample, including gender of the deceased.
| Bereavement Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide (n = 142) | Sudden Death (n = 63) | Chi2(df) | p | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender of the bereaved | 0.25(1) | 0.616 | ||||
| Male | 38 | 26.8 | 19 | 30.2 | ||
| Female | 104 | 73.2 | 44 | 69.8 | ||
| Gender of the deceased | 3.11(1) | 0.078 | ||||
| Male | 115 | 81.0 | 44 | 69.8 | ||
| Female | 27 | 19.0 | 19 | 30.2 | ||
| Kinship to the deceased | 13.19(3) | 0.004 | ||||
| Spouse/partner | 41 | 28.9 | 31 | 49.2 | ||
| Parent | 72 | 50.7 | 17 | 27.0 | ||
| Adult child | 16 | 11.3 | 11 | 17.5 | ||
| Sibling | 13 | 9.2 | 4 | 6.3 | ||
| PMHD 1 | 0.14(1) | 0.713 | ||||
| No diagnosis | 104 | 73.2 | 48 | 76.2 | ||
| One or more | 38 | 26.8 | 15 | 23.8 | ||
| Depression | 24 | 16.9 | 13 | 20.6 | ||
| Anxiety | 11 | 7.7 | 5 | 7.9 | ||
| Bipolar | 4 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| Other | 10 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Caucasian/White | 134 | 94.4 | 60 | 95.2 | 1.000 2 | |
| Aboriginal | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.000 2 | |
| Non-Caucasian | 5 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 1.000 2 | |
| Interview type | ||||||
| Face-to-face | 31 | 21.8 | 7 | 11.1 | 3.32(1) | 0.068 |
| Over the phone | 111 | 78.2 | 56 | 88.9 | ||
1 People could self-report more than one PMHD; for later analyses this was recoded into ‘yes, any PMHD’ or ‘no diagnosis’. 2 Fisher’s exact test was performed.