Gerber I, Rusalem R, Hannon N, Battin D, Arkin A
J Gerontol. 1975 Mar;30(2):225-9. doi: 10.1093/geronj/30.2.225.
The purpose of this investigation was to explore the preventive value of anticipatory grief on the medical adjustment of the aged bereaved. Data were collected for 81 surviving widows and widowers 6 mo. after their loss. Sixteen of the bereaved had spouses who died of a chronic illness. These two groups were compared on three criteria of medical adjustment: physician office visits, feeling ill without contacting a physician, and use of psychotropic medications. The data indicated that the aged bereaved of a lengthy chronic fatal illness did worse than the bereaved of a shorter chronic illness death. By sex, no significant differences were found between widows and widowers of a short-term illness death. However, differences were noted for the chronic illness category, and within this category for length of chronicity. In both cases widowers showed more medical problems than widows.
本调查的目的是探讨预期性悲伤对老年丧偶者医疗适应的预防价值。在81位丧偶者丧偶6个月后收集了相关数据。其中16位丧偶者的配偶死于慢性病。对这两组丧偶者在医疗适应的三个标准方面进行了比较：看医生的次数、感觉不适但未就医的情况以及使用精神药物的情况。数据表明，配偶死于长期慢性致命疾病的老年丧偶者比配偶死于短期慢性疾病的丧偶者情况更糟。按性别来看，短期疾病死亡的寡妇和鳏夫之间未发现显著差异。然而，在慢性病类别以及该类别内的慢性病时长方面存在差异。在这两种情况下，鳏夫比寡妇表现出更多的医疗问题。
