Nicholas Christakis Quotes
Spousal illness or death may impose stress on a partner or deprive a partner of social, emotional, economic, or other practical support. When a spouse falls ill or dies, partners may increase harmful behavior, such as drinking. Stress and lack of social support may also adversely affect immunologic measures, so spousal hospitalization may have physiological effects on partners.
- Nicholas Christakis
Our work suggests that interventions might decrease the mortality of caregivers. Interventions are likely to be useful in certain diseases, such as stroke and dementia, and the timing of such interventions might be matched to the riskiest times for caregivers, for example, just after the hospitalization of the spouse.
- Nicholas Christakis
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