Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in a sample of female refugees

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Agreement to criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder according to the Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (PG-13) in the 85 female refugees who reported to have been bereaved

Prolonged Grief Disorder Criteria	n	%
Duration of symptoms of at least 6 months	50	58.82
Bitterness over the loss	37	43.53
Longing / yearning for the person lost	33	38.82
Trouble accepting the loss	33	38.82
Intense emotional pain, sorrow, or pangs of grief	32	37.65
Difficulties trusting other people since loss	27	31.76
Feeling confused about role in life, feeling that a part of oneself has died	23	27.06
Functional impairment (in social, occupational, or other areas)	19	22.35
Feeling emotionally numb since loss	16	18.82
Avoiding reminders that the person lost is gone	14	16.47
Difficulties moving on (e.g. making new friends etc.)	14	16.47
Feeling that life is unfulfilling, empty or meaningless	13	15.29
Shocked, stunned or dazed by the loss	9	10.59

Note. Amount or percentage of subjects agreeing to the respective item in the Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (PG-13)

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