How suicide-bereaved family members experience the inquest process: a qualitative study using thematic analysis

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dc.contributor.authorSpillane, Ailbhe
dc.contributor.authorMatvienko-Sikar, Karen
dc.contributor.authorLarkin, Celine
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorArensman, Ella
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderNational Suicide Research Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderSPHeRE programmeen
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T17:21:13Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T17:21:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-29
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: Suicide bereavement confers unique risk and distress. In several countries, bereaved family members are called on to attend an inquest, an official public inquiry into deaths caused by external factors. The current study aimed to explore how suicide-bereaved family members (n = 18) experienced the inquest process, through qualitative semi-structured interviews. METHOD: Participants were identified via coroner's records and had previously taken part in a case-control study. RESULTS: Qualitative findings indicated four overall themes with respect to family members' experiences of the inquest process: "inquest as fearfully unknown", "structural processes of the inquest", "enduring public and private pain to obtain answers" and "gaining answers and making sense". Most family members experienced distress and fear as a result of several elements of the inquest process. Some participants had positive experiences but these did not outweigh the distress experienced by the majority of family members regarding their overall experience of the inquest process. CONCLUSIONS: Key recommendations include informing family members of the main aspects and purpose of the inquest process beforehand, adapting the process to maximise the privacy and comfort of the bereaved relatives, and restricting graphic evidence being heard, where possible, to minimise distress experienced by family members.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board ([HRA-2013-PHR-438); SPHeRE programme (SPHeRE/2013/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSpillane, A. ,Matvienko-Sikar, K., Larkin, C., Corcoran, P. and Arensman, E. (2019) 'How suicide-bereaved family members experience the inquest process: a qualitative study using thematic analysis AU - ', International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 14(1), (10 pp). doi: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1563430en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17482631.2018.1563430
dc.identifier.endpage10en
dc.identifier.issn1748-2631
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-beingen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7564
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17482631.2018.1563430
dc.rights© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectInquesten
dc.subjectCoroneren
dc.subjectQualitativeen
dc.subjectSuicideen
dc.subjectBereavementen
dc.subjectFamily membersen
dc.titleHow suicide-bereaved family members experience the inquest process: a qualitative study using thematic analysisen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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