3. Results from the Time to Reflect Survey
e quantitative and qualitative results from the survey are presented in the following order:
1.
Demographic Information
2. 3. 4.
Health and Wellbeing of Participants
Perceptions of Dying, Death, and Bereavement
End-of-Life Care during COVID-19
5. Healthcare Workers’ Experience of End-of-Life Care during COVID-19 6. Bereaved Participants’ Experience of Dying and Death 7. Funerals and Mourning Rituals 8. Experience of Bereavement and Grief 9. Likelihood of Prolonged Grief as Measured by the Brief Grief Questionnaire 10. Future Priorities for End-of-Life Care in Ireland.
3.1 Demographic Information
3.1.1 Survey Participants
I t should be noted that 617 of the overall 2,259 participants did not provide any demographic information. For those that did provide demographic information (N=1642), the largest age group of participants were aged between 45 and 54 years old (N=456, 27.8%) and were female (N=1106, 67.4%) (see Table 2 in Appendices). e majority of participants were white Irish ethnicity (N=1521, 92.6%). Most lived with their families (N=1186, 73%) in rural areas (N=526, 32%). Almost half of participants (N=784, 47.9%) were married or in a civil partnership. Most of the participants were not healthcare workers (N=1464, 81.5%).
3.1.2 Bereaved Participants
A total of 1,078 (88.1%) of 1,223 bereaved participants completed the demographic section of the survey. e profile of bereaved participants was very similar to the overall survey participants, in that most bereaved respondents were female, aged between 45 and 54 years old, white Irish, and living in rural areas with their family. Most bereaved participants (N=990, 80.9%) were not healthcare workers. Over half of the participants (N=1223, 54.1%) reported experiencing the death of someone close to them during the pandemic and over 40% of these (N=478) reported losing more than one person during this period. Most participants reported the death of a parent. A total of 37.9% of participants (N=448) reported that the death of their loved one was unexpected or sudden.
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