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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Descriptive analysis of the Pandemic Grief Scale items

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

Ítems

Not at all

Several days

More than half the days

Nearly everyday

1. I wished to die in order to be with the deceased

355 (81.6%)

35 (8.0%)

26 (6.0%)

19 (4.4%)

2. I experienced confusion over my role in life or felt like my identity was diminished because of the loss

292 (67.1%)

70 (16.1%)

42 (9.7%)

31 (7.1%)

3. Nothing seemed to matter much to me because of this loss

291 (66.9%)

74 (17.0%)

39 (9.0%)

31 (7.1%)

4. I found it difficult to have positive memories about the deceased

307 (70.6%)

64 (14.7%)

36 (8.3%)

28 (6.4%)

5. I believed that without the deceased, life was either meaningless, empty, or could not go on

315 (72.4%)

65 (14.9%)

26 (6.0%)

29 (6.7%)