Does the risk of hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease rise already before widowhood?
Conclusions
These findings indicate that men are already vulnerable to cardiac problems before the death of a wife. Medical interventions and health counselling could be targeted to the husbands of terminally ill patients, in order to improve their cardiovascular health over the transition to widowhood.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Einiö, E., Moustgaard, H., Martikainen, P., Leinonen, T. Tags: Research reports Source Type: research
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