Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Bereaved : A Study of Bereaved Weibo Users

The global COVID-19 pandemic may significantly affect the experiences of death and bereavement. This study aimed to learn from recent outbreaks of infectious diseases and further understand their impacts on bereavement. We obtained psychological status scores for 32 individuals bereaved due to COVID-19 and 127 individuals bereaved due to non-COVID-19 causes using the online ecological recognition (OER) approach. Next, a sentiment analysis and independent sample t-test were performed to examine the differences between these two groups. The results indicated that the individuals bereaved due to COVID-19 were more insecure and more preoccupied with the grief of the moment than those bereaved due to non-COVID-19 reasons, while the latter group had higher depression scores than the former group. This study can guide policy-makers and clinical practitioners to provide more targeted and sustainable post-bereavement support for both bereaved groups during the COVID-19 period.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) - 9(2021), 6 vom: 12. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Nuo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Gewei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Sijia [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaoyang [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Xiaopeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Tingshao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bereavement
COVID-19
Journal Article
Mental health
OER
Public health
Social media

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Date Revised 05.07.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/healthcare9060724

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327514248