TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Telephone versus in-person intake assessment for bereavement intervention: does efficiency come at a cost?
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Newsom, Catherine
A1  - Schut, Henk A. W.
A1  - Stroebe, Margaret
A1  - Birrell, John
A1  - Wilson, Stewart
SP  - 71
EP  - 79
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
N2  - Standardized, evidence-based risk assessment is an important component in providing effective bereavement care. E-health intake assessments have been offered alongside or instead of in-person assessments, although evidence concerning the equivalence of assessment results is lacking. This article examines differences between a semi-structured intake assessment for grief intervention conducted over the telephone (N = 330) and in-person (N = 115). Differences in scores and clinical implications were evaluated. Although composite assessment scores were lower in the telephone condition, further examination revealed this occurred in the semi-structured assessment of risk of complications, not the structured grief symptom assessment. Implications for care provision are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2015.1068244
ID  - ref1
ER  -