Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults

Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera; Angélica Nohemy Flores-Monterrosa; Jennifer Carolina Tejada-Rodríguez; Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade; Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez; Sherman A. Lee; Pablo D. Valencia; Carlos Carbajal-León; Lindsey W. Vilca; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Miguel Gallegos

doi:10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6

Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults

Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera
, Angélica Nohemy Flores-Monterrosa
, Jennifer Carolina Tejada-Rodríguez
, Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade
, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez
, Sherman A. Lee
, Pablo D. Valencia
, Carlos Carbajal-León
, Lindsey W. Vilca
, Mario Reyes-Bossio
, Miguel Gallegos

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Abstract

Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the dysfunctional grief associated with COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. A sample of 435 Salvadorans (M = 29 years; SD = 8.75) who lost a family member or loved one to COVID-19 completed a digital survey using the Google Forms platform, during April 2 and 28, 2022. The results revealed that 35.1% reported clinically elevated symptoms of dysfunctional grief and among those mourners, and 25.1% also exhibited clinical levels of coronavirus anxiety. A binary logistic regression revealed that predictor variables such as COVID-19 anxiety (p =.003), depression (p =.021), and COVID-19 obsession (p =.032) were significant (χ² = 84.31; Nagelkerke R² =.242) and predict a 24.2% chance of dysfunctional bereavement.

Original language	English
Article number	9
Journal	Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6
State	Published - Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Anxiety
COVID-19
Grief
Pandemic
Salvadorans

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Lobos-Rivera, M. E., Flores-Monterrosa, A. N., Tejada-Rodríguez, J. C., Chacón-Andrade, E. R., Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Lee, S. A., Valencia, P. D., Carbajal-León, C., Vilca, L. W., Reyes-Bossio, M., & Gallegos, M. (2023). Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica, 36(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00250-6

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