Long-term physical and mental health effects of unresolved disaster-related bereavement: evidence from an 8-year propensity score-matched cohort study.

Eun-Joo Park^1,2, Ji-Won Han², Maenseok Noh³, Soyoung Jeon^3,4, Bomi Park², Yoonjoo Choi⁵, Hyun Soo Kim⁶, Hae Sun Jung⁷, Kyoung-Sae Na⁸, Weon-Young Lee²

¹Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

²Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

³Major of Bigdata convergence, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

⁴DXSolutions, Changwon-si, Republic of Korea.

⁵Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea.

⁶Department of Psychiatry, Myongji Hospital, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea.

⁷Ansan Trauma Center, Sinansan University-ro, Ansan-si, Republic of Korea.

⁸Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

Background: Evidence on the long-term mental and physical health effects of disaster-related bereavement remains limited.Objective: To compare long-term healthcare utilisation and disease incidence among individuals bereaved in the Sewol ferry disaster with matched controls.Method: This retrospective cohort study used Korean National Health Insurance data to match 388 bereaved individuals with 1,5…

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