@article{ref1,
title="Depressive mood and its risk factors, and persistent complex bereavement disorder among caregivers who received hospice care: a longitudinal study",
journal="Death studies",
year="2019",
author="Fan, Sheng-Yu and Chen, Hsiang-Ping and Hsieh, Jyh-Gang",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-7",
abstract="This aims of this longitudinal study were to identify the risk factors of and depressive mood in caregivers who received hospice care 6 months after their patients' death, and the cutoff pint of the bereavement risk index, as well as, the prevalence of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD). There were 30.28 and 4.59% of caregivers with depressive mood and PCBD, respectively. The risk factors included resistance to the reality of patients' death, anger, self-blame and guilt, support networks, and coping. The cutoff points of total bereavement risk index and five-item short form were 10/11 and 9/10, respectively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2019.1626947",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1626947"
}