Table 3 Complicated grief scores of participants who experienced loss of a loved one by demographic characteristics

Gender

 Male

3.67 (2.29)

1.00 (1.00)

0.001

 Female

3.95 (2.45)

2.27 (2.04)

< 0.0001

 Both genders

3.87 (2.39)

2.00 (1.93)

< 0.001

Age

 < 25

3.92 (2.43)

2.29 (2.19)

0.023

 ≥ 25

3.83 (2.39)

1.85 (1.79)

< 0.001

Religious observance

 Yes

3.93 (2.31)

1.94 (1.95)

0.003

 To some degree/

4.67 (2.94)

1.88 (1.70)

0.005

 No

2.00 (1.83)

2.18 (2.22)

0.879

Relation to deceased

 Relative

4.13 (2.29)

1.96 (1.96)

< 0.001

 Nonrelative

2.00 (1.82)

2.18 (2.22)

0.867

Time passed since death

 ≤1 year

3.92 (2.23)

2.33 (2.19)

0.093

 >1 year

3.85 (2.49)

1.92 (1.88)

< 0.001

Age at death

 ≤ 20

3.00 (1.89)

2.83 (2.14)

0.889

 21–40

4.43 (2.44)

1.86 (2.41)

0.071

 41–60

4.88 (2.53)

3.64 (2.06)

0.256

 > 60

3.65 (2.46)

1.46 (1.48)

< 0.001