A Feasibility Study of the My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents in Sweden

Background: The death of a child is a devastating experience for most parents. Consequently, bereaved parents are at risk to develop physical and mental health problems, including prolonged grief disorder (1).Rationale: There is a lack of evaluated psychosocial interventions for bereaved parents (2). The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of the psychosocial self-help app, My Grief, for bereaved parents.Design: Thirteen parents from Sweden had access to the app for four weeks. Eight of them took part in a semi-structured telephone interview after the intervention. A thematic analysis was used, and resulted in two themes “experiences of the different sections and their content” and “the overalluse and experience of the app”.Evaluation: The study provided evidence for the app’s feasibility and acceptability, with participants reporting satisfaction with the app and stating that they would recommend it to parents in similar situations. According to the participants, the app was easy to use, the content gave a feeling of not being alone or weird in how one grieves, and the app gave a valuable overview ofinformation, knowledge and further support. In addition, all parents expressed that an app like My Grief is needed and would be particularly useful to access early in the grieving process.Conclusion: The app appears acceptable and feasible to use and is being evaluated in a larger randomized controlled trial (3