休日,誕生日,がんによる死亡の延期など
1Comprehensive Cancer Center and Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. young-8@medctr.osu.edu
JAMA
|December 23, 2004
まとめ
この研究では,がん患者が休日や誕生日のために死を延期するという証拠は見つかりませんでした. いくつかのサブグループではわずかな変化が見られたが,全体として"死が休日を取る"効果は統計的に有意ではなかった.
科学分野:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- タナトロジー (Thanatology) とは,タナトロジー (Thanatology) とは
背景:
- 逸話的な証拠と一般的信念は,個人が重要な出来事を超越するために死を延期することを示唆しています.
- これまでの研究では,この点に関して,異なる結果が得られました.
- 死は休暇を取っている.
- この現象は,特にがん患者において顕著である.
研究 の 目的:
- 事件を調査するために,
- 死は休暇を取っている.
- クリスマス,感謝祭,誕生日のまわりにがん患者に悪影響を及ぼします.
- これらのイベントに先立つがんによる死亡の統計的に有意な減少があるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- オハイオ州 (120万人以上) の死亡証明書のデータを分析 (1989-2000).
- がんが主な死因であった309,221人の死亡に焦点を当てます.
- キーイベントの前と後の死亡割合を比較するために正確な二項式テストを使用した.
主要な成果:
- クリスマス,感謝祭,または誕生日の前の1週間で,癌による死亡の有意な減少は観察されなかった.
- 注目すべきのがん死亡の増加は,黒人個人の感謝祭前の1週間で発生しました (P = .01).
- 女性では,誕生日の前にがんによる死亡率が統計的に有意に増加した (P = .05).
結論:
- この研究では,この理論を支持する全体的な証拠は見つかりませんでした.
- 死は休暇を取っている.
- がん患者の効果です.
- 特定の人口集団は,死亡率のわずかな時間的な変化を示したが,これらは,重大な出来事のために死を延期する広範な能力を示さなかった.
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