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Long-term mental he...
Long-term mental health of men who lose a wife to cancer — a population-based follow-up
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- Hauksdóttir, Arna (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology
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- Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Fürst, Carl Johan (författare)
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- Steineck, Gunnar, 1952 (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology
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- 2011-11-08
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Psycho-oncology. - : Wiley. - 1099-1611 .- 1057-9249. ; 22:2, s. 352-361
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Abstract
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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.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- widowhood; marital status; morbidity; cancer; oncology
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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