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Hauksdóttir, ArnaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology
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Long-term mental health of men who lose a wife to cancer — a population-based follow-up
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/150911
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https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/150911URI
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https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.2096DOI
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http://kipublications.ki.se/Default.aspx?queryparsed=id:126139870URI
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the long-term risk of psychological morbidity for men after losing a wife to cancer. A further aim of the study was to investigate if being in a new relationship at the time of follow-up affects the risk of psychological morbidity. METHOD: In a population-based cohort study, we collected data from 907 men in Sweden who lost a wife to cancer in the breast, ovary or colon 4-5years earlier. A control group of 330 married men was also included. RESULTS: Six hundred ninety-one of the widowers (76%) and 262 of the controls (79%) answered a questionnaire. Widowers in a new relationship had a similar risk of psychological morbidity compared with a control group of married men. However, compared with widowers in a new relationship, single widowers reported increased risks of (among other symptoms) the following: depression (RR 2.2, confidence interval [CI] 1.5-3.2), anxiety (RR 1.6, CI 1.1-2.5) emotional numbness (RR 2.2, CI 1.7-2.8), and waking up at night with anxiety (RR 2.2, CI 1.4-3.7). CONCLUSIONS: Men who lost a wife to cancer in Sweden in 2000 or 2001 and are single 4-5years later have increased risks of psychological morbidity, both compared with widowers who are in a new relationship at the time of follow-up and with married men. Further scientific effort is needed for improved understanding of the most likely underlying mechanisms; that is, that enhanced emotional support of a new relationship after the loss of a wife protects against psychological morbidity, or alternatively, that the healthiest widowers enter a new relationship. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Valdimarsdóttir, UnnurKarolinska Institutet
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Fürst, Carl Johan
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Steineck, Gunnar,1952Karolinska Institutet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology(Swepub:gu)xstegu
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Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi
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Ingår i:Psycho-oncology: Wiley22:2, s. 352-3611099-16111057-9249
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