TY - JOUR
T1 - Are cancer survivors at an increased risk for divorce? A Danish cohort study
AU - Carlsen, Kathrine
AU - Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg
AU - Frederiksen, Kirsten
AU - Diderichsen, Finn
AU - Johansen, Christoffer
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Cohort Studies; Denmark; Depressive Disorder; Divorce; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Risk Factors; Survivors
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The purpose of this study was to determine the risk for divorce among cancer survivors. We conducted a nationwide, population-based study of 46,303 persons aged 30-60 years in whom selected cancers were diagnosed in 1981-2000 and 221,028 randomly sampled, cancer-free controls. Information on socioeconomic status, demographics and comorbidity was obtained from Danish administrative registries. We analysed the risk for divorce, adjusted for known risk factors, during follow-up and whether the socioeconomic and health status at the time of diagnosis had an impact on the risk for divorce. Except for survivors of cervix cancer, who had an increased risk for divorce, we found that cancer survivors were not at greater risk for divorce than the general population (rate ratios (RR), 1.06; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0;1.1 and RR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.9;1.0 for women and men, respectively). This finding shows that cancer survivors need not have unnecessary fears for their marriage.
AB - The purpose of this study was to determine the risk for divorce among cancer survivors. We conducted a nationwide, population-based study of 46,303 persons aged 30-60 years in whom selected cancers were diagnosed in 1981-2000 and 221,028 randomly sampled, cancer-free controls. Information on socioeconomic status, demographics and comorbidity was obtained from Danish administrative registries. We analysed the risk for divorce, adjusted for known risk factors, during follow-up and whether the socioeconomic and health status at the time of diagnosis had an impact on the risk for divorce. Except for survivors of cervix cancer, who had an increased risk for divorce, we found that cancer survivors were not at greater risk for divorce than the general population (rate ratios (RR), 1.06; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0;1.1 and RR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.9;1.0 for women and men, respectively). This finding shows that cancer survivors need not have unnecessary fears for their marriage.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.05.024
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17627811
SN - 0959-8049
VL - 43
SP - 2093
EP - 2099
JO - European Journal of Cancer, Supplement
JF - European Journal of Cancer, Supplement
IS - 14
ER -