RT Journal
A1 Eilegård A, Kreicbergs U
T1 Risk of parental dissolution of partnership following the loss of a child to cancer: A population-based long-term follow-up
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2010
FD January 1
VO 164
IS 1
SP 100
OP 101
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.247
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.247
AB 
A common belief is that bereaved parents are more likely to separate than others, but previous research has been unable to settle this issue owing to conflicting findings.1- 2 Parents of a child with cancer are at increased risk of psychological distress3 and possibly also marital strain.4- 5 Sirki et al5 studied parents who lost a child during active cancer treatment or terminal care and found that divorce was significantly more common among couples with a child in terminal care compared with a child in active cancer therapy. No conclusive studies on long-term marital status in parents having lost a child to cancer have been conducted. Therefore, we assessed parental dissolution of a partnership 4 to 9 years following the loss of a child to cancer compared with parents from the general population.