ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2015
Population-level impact of loss on survivor mortality risk.
Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Prevalence of bereavement among current smokers in a state-wide cross-sectional surveillance survey.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Bereavement in the 2019 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Measuring bereavement prevalence in a complex sampling survey: the 2019 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Estimating Prevalence of Bereavement, Its Contribution to Risk for Binge Drinking, and Other High-Risk Health States in a State Population Survey, 2019 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- New antidepressant utilization pre- and post-bereavement: a population-based study of partners and adult children.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe loss of a loved one adversely affects the bereaved. MATERIALS AND
methodsUsing data from the 2010 and 2012 waves of Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we estimate the risk for death in a 2-year span after the loss of a parent, spouse, or child for adults aged 50 to 70 years.
conclusionA respondent with a loss was twice as likely to die when compared similarly aged persons with no loss (OR 2.32; 95 % CI 1.14, 5.30). Loss of either a parent (OR 1.93; 95 % CI 1.01, 4.07), or a child (OR 1.77; 95 % CI 1.08, 2.96) also increased respondent mortality. This elevated risk persists after adjustment for gender and other high-risk health conditions. Any physical activity reduces survivor death rates during this critical period by more than 85 %.
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