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KMID : 1130220180220020094
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Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
2018 Volume.22 No. 2 p.94 ~ p.97
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Effect of a Brief Family-Based Treatment on Complicated Grief in Bereaved Older Adults
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Nam Il-Sung
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Abstract
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Background: The current study compared the effectiveness of family-based complicated grief therapy with individual-based complicated grief therapy on improvement in complicated grief symptoms of bereaved older adults.
Methods: Two community senior centers referred 29 older adults who lost their spouses. The study used a single-blinded randomized trial design, comparing family-based complicated grief therapy with individual-based complicated grief therapy on complicated grief symptoms and social impairment.
Results: Relative to individual-based complicated grief therapy, participants in the family-based complicated grief therapy group demonstrated improvement in social impairments and complicated grief symptoms.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that a family-based delivery model for complicated grief may be superior to an individually provided approach in reducing complicated grief symptoms, and in improving work and social functions in bereavement.
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KEYWORD
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Bereavement, Family research, Grief, Therapy
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