Grimby A
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg.
Lakartidningen. 1999 Apr 14;96(15):1838-42.
Bereavement counselling at one, three and twelve months after bereavement was offered to a consecutive series of 50 newly widowed elderly Swedish citizens. House calls by a nurse were the most appreciated form of non-familial support. The nurse performed semi-structured, longitudinal interviews covering medical, psychological and socio-economic aspects of widowhood. The compliance rate was high (80 per cent), and the multidisciplinary examinations yielded an abundance of information suggesting, for example, that there was no increase in morbidity or mortality during the support period. Widow-to-widow groups were successfully established to provide help to self-help for other widows and widowers outside the project. The participants are to be reinvestigated after a further five years, to evaluate the longitudinal effects of early bereavement intervention.
为50名连续丧偶的瑞典老年公民提供了丧亲后1个月、3个月和12个月的哀伤辅导。护士上门探访是最受赞赏的非家庭支持形式。护士进行了半结构化的纵向访谈，涵盖丧偶的医学、心理和社会经济方面。依从率很高（80%），多学科检查产生了大量信息，例如表明在支持期内发病率和死亡率没有增加。成功建立了寡妇互助小组，为项目外的其他寡妇和鳏夫提供自助帮助。将在再过五年后对参与者进行重新调查，以评估早期丧亲干预的长期效果。
