Willis Don E, Andersen Jennifer A, Hallgren Emily, Moore Ramey, Selig James P, Scott Aaron J, Kraleti Shashank S, McElfish Pearl A
College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2025 Feb;90(3):1094-1108. doi: 10.1177/00302228221116523. Epub 2022 Aug 4.
As of May 17, 2022, more than a million deaths due to COVID-19 have been recorded in the US. For each COVID-19 death, there are an estimated nine bereaved family members and an unknown number of bereaved friends. This study aimed to assess the correlates of self-reported COVID-19 death exposure (i.e., loss of a close friend or family member) among US adults using online survey data ( = 1,869) collected between September 17, 2021 and October 3, 2021. One in four US adults in this national sample reported the loss of a close friend or family member due to COVID-19. The odds of losing a close friend or family member due to COVID-19 death were greater for those age 60 or older, all minoritized racial/ethnic groups except for Asian American respondents, married/coupled respondents, those who had foregone care due to cost in the past year, and those who reported a COVID-19 infection.
截至2022年5月17日，美国已记录了超过100万例因新冠病毒病（COVID-19）导致的死亡病例。每有一例COVID-19死亡病例，估计就有9名亲属以及数量不明的亲友会痛失亲人。本研究旨在利用2021年9月17日至2021年10月3日期间收集的在线调查数据（n = 1869），评估美国成年人中自我报告的COVID-19死亡暴露情况（即失去亲密朋友或家庭成员）的相关因素。在这个全国性样本中，四分之一的美国成年人报告称因COVID-19失去了亲密朋友或家庭成员。60岁及以上的人群、除亚裔美国受访者外的所有少数族裔群体、已婚/有伴侣的受访者、过去一年因费用问题而放弃治疗的人以及报告感染过COVID-19的人，因COVID-19死亡而失去亲密朋友或家庭成员的几率更高。
