Epidemiological Study on Mortality of the Bereaved.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	62570252
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	公衆衛生学
Research Institution	Dokkyo University School of Medicine.
Principal Investigator	NAKAE Kimihiro Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 医学部, 助教授 (60010112)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NISHIMURA Masaharu Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 医学部, 助手 (30095038) USAMI Takahiro Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 医学部, 講師 (10095028) MORISAWA Yasushi Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 医学部, 教授 (80095041)
Project Period (FY)	1987 – 1988
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000) Fiscal Year 1988: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000) Fiscal Year 1987: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Keywords	Epidemiology / Excess Mortality / Bereavement / husband / wife / parent / 親子 / 死別のインパクト / インパクト / 親族
Research Abstract	An epidemiological community survey in a town, Tochigi Prefectrue, revealed excess mortality in the family of bereavement. The relative risk of mortality in the bereaved was as high as about ten percent i.e. the crude death rate of 7.19 per 1000 bereaved persons and 6.57 in the entire population. The risk of mortality varies by age and period after bereavement, i.e. the shorter of period after bereavement, the higher of mortality in the bereaved. No risk was found in the aged 80 and older. No difference was recognized in excess mortality between male/female, husband/wife and parent/child.