%0 Journal Article
%T Correlates of Mental Health Conditions and Prolonged Grief Disorder among Widows from Selected Churches in Nairobi County, Kenya
%A Emily Mwikali Kyalo
%A Peter Mageto
%A Leah Komen
%A amuel Ojuade
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 11
%N 6
%P 1-14
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2024
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1111565
%X <strong>Background</strong>: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a chronic mental health condition that causes functional impairment in which about 45% - 50% of bereaved individuals adapt to the loss quickly, whereas the rest of this population prolong the symptoms of grief for more than a year after the loss of a loved one. PGD often coexists with other mental disorders such as PTSD, depression, anxiety and many more. <strong>Objective</strong>: This study sought to investigate the correlates of depression, PTSD, and complicated grief among widows from selected churches in Nairobi County, Kenya. <strong>Methods</strong>: A total of 253 widows with age ranges from 30 to 80 years with a mean age of 45.3 ¡À (SD: 10.698) were recruited into the study. The tools for data collection were a researcher-generated social demographic questionnaire, Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Revised (HTQ-5). <strong>Results</strong>: The results of Pearson correlation test indicated that there was a strong positive correlation between PGD and depressive disorder at 2-tailed significant level (r = 0.825, p = 0.001), between PGD and PTSD (r = 0.760; p = 0.001), between the participants¡¯ years of marriage and PGD (r = 724; p = 0.001), between depressive disorder and PTSD (r = 0.619; p = 0.001). However, this study showed a negative correlation between the period of widowhood and depressive illness (r = ©�0.011; p = 0.05). <strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study concludes that while screening widows for PGD, clinicians may assess other comorbidities of PGD such as depression and PTSD early enough.
%K Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)
%K Correlates
%K Mental Health Conditions
%K Depression
%K PTSD
%K Complicated Grief
%K Widows
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6822833