Prolonged Grief Disorder (PG-13-Revised)
Holly G. Prigerson, Ph.D., Jiehui Xu, M.S., Paul K. Maciejewski, Ph.D.
Q1. have you lost someone significant to you? Yes / No
Q2. how many months has it been since your significant other died? Months.
For each item below, please indicate how you currently feel?
Since the death, or as a result of the death... Not at all Slightly Somewhat Quite a bit Overwhelmingly
Q3. do you feel yourself longing or
yearning for the person who died?
Q4. do you have trouble doing the
things you normally do because you
are thinking so much about the
person who died?
Q5. do you feel confused about your
role in life or feel like you don't know
who you are any more (i.e., feeling
like that a part of you has died) ?
Q6. do you have trouble believing
that the person who died is really
gone?
Q7. do you avoid reminders that the
person who died is really gone?
Q8. do you feel emotional pain
(e.g., anger, bitterness, sorrow)
related to the death??
Q9. do you feel that you have trouble
re-engaging in life (e.g., problems
engaging with friends, pursuing
interests, planning for the future)?
Q10. do you feel emotionally numb
or detached from others?
Q11. do you feel that life is
meaningless without the person who
died?
Q12. do you feel alone or lonely
without the deceased?
Q13. have the symptoms above caused significant impairment
Yes / No
in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning?
Your summed score is 10 . Interpret