Parental death in childhood and pathways to increased mortality across the life course in Stockholm, Sweden: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that the experience of parental death during childhood is associated with increased mortality risk. However, few studies have examined potential pathways that may explain these findings. The aim of this study is to examine whether familial and behavioural factors during adolescence and socioeconomic disadvantages in early adulthood mediate the association between loss of a parent at age 0 to 12 and all-cause mortality by the age of 63.

Methods and findings

A cohort study was conducted using data from the Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study for 12,615 children born in 1953, with information covering 1953 to 2016. Familial and behavioural factors at age 13 to 19 included psychiatric and alcohol problems in the surviving parent,

SUBMITTER: Hiyoshi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7951838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature