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The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) provides an easily administered assessment for symptoms of complicated grief. Complicated grief refers to certain symptoms of grief that have been shown to be distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety, and to predict long-term functional impairments.
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The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) scale contained 19 items
Subjects are asked to report the frequency (0 = never; 1 = rarely; 2 = sometimes; 3 = often; 4 = always) with which they currently experienced each of the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral states described in the ICG.
ICG total score is the total for the 19 items.
Respondents with ICG scores >25 are significantly more impaired in social, general, mental, and physical health functioning and in bodily pain than those with ICG scores ≤25.
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Grief
The purpose of the evaluation is to:
Self-administered
Clinical
Questionnaire
Elders
About 5 minutes
Since the questionnaire relies on client self-report, all responses should be verified by the clinician, and a definitive diagnosis is made on clinical grounds taking into account how well the client understood the questionnaire, as well as other relevant information from the client.
Certain symptoms of grief have been shown (a) to be distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety, and (b) to predict long-term functional impairments. The authors termed these symptoms of “complicated grief” and developed the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) to assess them.
Complicated grievers are respondents whose scores on the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) are >25; uncomplicated grievers are respondents whose ICG scores are ≤25.
Prigerson HG, Maciejewski PK, Reynolds CF 3rd, Bierhals AJ, Newsom JT, Fasiczka A, Frank E, Doman J, Miller M. Inventory of Complicated Grief: a scale to measure maladaptive symptoms of loss. Psychiatry Res. 1995 Nov 29;59(1-2):65-79. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(95)02757-2. PMID: 8771222.