A research group consisting of Professor Karl Becker of the Center for Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University, and Associate Professor Yozo Tanigawa of the Graduate School of Letters, Tohoku University conducted a questionnaire survey of the bereaved families who lost their families within eight months. It was found that the greater the sadness, the lower the productivity of work and the easier it is to have illnesses in the mind and body.

 The survey began in the fall of 2, targeting bereaved families who lost their families within 8 to 2018 months, and analyzed the responses obtained from 165 households.

 According to the report, the greater the sadness of bereavement, the lower the productivity of work, and the more sick leave and medical expenses tend to increase.Conversely, those who were satisfied with the funeral rites and maintained a healthy relationship with the dead did not see any decline in productivity or increased sick leave.

 Originally, low-income bereaved families and bereaved families whose income dropped sharply also showed a decrease in productivity and an increase in dosage.However, those who said that funeral rites were expensive were the bereaved families who skipped funerals or made funerals, and tended to pay a lot of medical expenses in the long run.

 Following this survey, Professor Becker and colleagues will analyze data from a large-scale survey with a sample size of more than 1000 households to clarify what preventive measures are effective for what kind of people.It is said that Japan, which is undergoing extreme aging, will enter a dying society in the future, so the research results are likely to attract attention.

Paper information:[OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying] How Grief, Funerals, and Poverty Affect Bereaved Health, Productivity, and Medical Dependence in Japan OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying

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