Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis

Moon, Jee-Young; Kondo, Naoki; Glymour, M. Maria; Subramanian, S. V.

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“…epidemiological studies mention this association 25 although the reasons for its occurrence are not yet clear. Some researchers suggest this association is more frequent in males 26 , which was not found in this study.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors for stroke in a population of Southern Brazil

Copstein

Fernandes

Bastos

2013

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Stroke is the leading cause of death in many countries of Latin America. Population studies are necessary in this region.Objectives:To evaluate the prevalence of stroke and its risk factors in a population of vulnerable communities of southern Brazil.Methods:Population-based crosssectional study with systematic sampling. Individuals aged 20 and over were included (n=3,391). Individuals with previous diagnosis of stroke or identified by a validate stroke questionnaire were compared with those without stroke in many variables.Results:285 individuals (8.4%) had previous stroke. The group without stroke showed greater average of years of study than the group with stroke (p≪0.001). Multivariable analysis identified as risk factors for stroke (p≪0.05): age from 40 to 59, age from 60 to 79, widowhood, present smoking, previous smoking, hypertension and ischemic heart disease.Conclusion:The findings in this population indicate the need of preventive cost-effective public health policies in Brazil.

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Prevalence and risk factors for stroke in a population of Southern Brazil

Copstein

Fernandes

Bastos

2013

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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“…1 Married people have been consistently reported to be healthier than unmarried people, with more profound effects among men. [2][3][4][5][6][7] These associations can be attributed to both marital selection (ie, healthier people are more likely to be married) and marital protection (refers to the benefits of marital ties on health). [8][9][10][11] Consistent findings have been reported from research investigating marital transition (ie, a change in marital status during a given time period).…”

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Marital Transition and Risk of Stroke

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Iso

Ikeda

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Stroke

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Background and Purpose-There have been consistent findings reported that marital transition (ie, change in marital status during a given time period) is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease; however, few studies have been conducted on stroke risk, particularly stroke subtypes. Moreover, no studies have examined the moderating effect of living arrangement and employment status on the association between marital transition and stroke risk. Methods-We examined sex-specific associations between marital transition and stroke risk using data from Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. We included 24 162 men and 25 626 women who were married at prebaseline (5 years before baseline). Marital transition was determined by marital status at baseline. Weighted hazard ratios of stroke risk were estimated by Cox proportional regression analysis with inverse probability of weighting using a propensity score. Results-An increased risk of stroke, particularly hemorrhagic stroke, was observed among men and women with marital transition (ie, married to unmarried); weighted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval [CI]) for men and women were 1.26 (1.13-1.41) and 1.26 (1.09-1.45), respectively. Participants with marital transition and lived with children had increased stroke risk. Living with parents buffered the increased stroke risk owing to marital transition among men; however, no such effect was identified among women. Elevated stroke risk owing to marital transition was magnified among women if they were unemployed; weighted hazard ratio=2.98 (95% CI, 1.66-5.33). Conclusions-Living .).The online-only Data Supplement is available with this article at http://stroke.ahajournals.org/lookup/suppl

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“…Estimates of the magnitude of the widowhood effect are heterogeneous among studies but there 67 have been few attempts to identify modifiers other than individual socio-economic or health 68 status (Moon, Kondo et al 2011), so we investigated the influence of socio-geographic context 69 (urban or rural residence) on the widowhood effect. Urban since bereavement increases the 'main-effects' of social relationships may come to the fore; a 83 set of emotional, behavioural or cognitive processes stemming from social relationships that 84 are not intentionally supportive but often have beneficial influences on health (e.g.…”

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“…Therefore we predicted that the mortality differential between widows and non-101 widows would be less pronounced in rural compared with urban areas, especially once the 102 initial period of shock had passed and the availability of longer term instrumental and 103 emotional support had become of greater importance. We investigated these relationships 104 separately for men and women to account for differences in the size of the widowhood effect 105 between sexes (Moon, Kondo et al 2011). 106 …”

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