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Dr ValdimarsdΓ³ttir reported receiving grants from the European Research Council during the conduct of the study and grants from the European Research Council and Nordforsk outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
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Do spouses of patients with cancer have an increased risk of psychiatric disorders compared with spouses of individuals without cancer? In this cohort study of more than 3 million individuals, 6. The risk was statistically significantly increased among spouses of patients with cancer vs spouses of individuals without cancer. In this study, spouses of patients with cancer had increased risk of psychiatric disorders, suggesting that they should be included in the surveillance and counseling of patients with cancer.
This cohort study assesses the overall burden of psychiatric disorders among spouses of patients with cancer. There is emerging evidence that spouses of patients with cancer may have a higher prevalence of mental illness, but these studies have been limited by pre-post designs, focus on a single mental illness, and short follow-up periods. To assess the overall burden of psychiatric disorders among spouses of patients with cancer vs spouses of individuals without cancer and to describe possible changes in this burden over time.
