Mor V, McHorney C, Sherwood S
Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Feb;143(2):158-63. doi: 10.1176/ajp.143.2.158.
Discussions of the health consequences of bereavement have appeared with increasing frequency in the literature in recent years. Capitalizing on one of the largest samples of bereaved subjects to date, the authors analyzed National Hospice Study bereavement interview data regarding the rate of medical care use and short-term secondary morbidity. Results suggest that physician visit rates were somewhat higher but hospitalization rates lower among the recently bereaved than age- and sex-adjusted national norms. Multivariate analyses revealed that previous health problems and having been married to the deceased were consistently the strongest predictors of morbidity and health care use.
近年来，关于丧亲之痛对健康影响的讨论在文献中出现的频率越来越高。作者利用迄今为止最大的丧亲者样本之一，分析了国家临终关怀研究中关于医疗护理使用率和短期继发性发病率的丧亲访谈数据。结果表明，与年龄和性别调整后的全国标准相比，近期丧亲者的看医生率略高，但住院率较低。多变量分析显示，既往健康问题以及与死者结婚一直是发病率和医疗护理使用的最强预测因素。
