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| Title: | Effect of spousal loss on depression in older adults: Impacts of time passing, living arrangement, and spouse’s health status before death |
| Authors: | Hung, YC;Chen, YH;Lee, MC;Yeh, CJ |
| Contributors: | Institute of Population Health Sciences |
| Abstract: | In addition to increasing the mortality among older adults, spousal death (SD) increases their risk of depression. This study explored the factors affecting depression among widowed older adults to provide health care strategies for successful aging. A total of 710 adults older than 60 years completed a questionnaire before and after their spouses’ deaths. The survey data included age, sex, ethnic group, education level, financial station socioeconomic status, SD (including time point), smoking status, alcohol consumption, self-rated health status, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score, mobility, and degree of support from relatives and friends. The proportion of participants with depression after SD was 1.7 times that of before SD (p < 0.0001). Worsened mobility (odds ratio [OR] = 1.3, p < 0.01), low self-rated health status (OR = 0.5, p < 0.01), and a high degree of support from relatives and friends (OR = 1.5, p < 0.01) had a significant positive correlation with depression after SD. The proportion of depression that occurred within 6 months after SD was 6.0 times higher than that of depression before SD. Participants who lived alone after losing their spouses who were healthy before their deaths exhibited a significantly increased proportion of depression after their spouses’ deaths. Male sex, spouse’s health, and the period of 6 months after SD are risk factors for depression in older adults. The maintenance of mobility, positive self-rated health status, and a shorter period of depression after a spouse’s death result in more favorable adaptability among women. Social workers or family members should focus on older adults whose spouses died unexpectedly or within the last 6 months. Living with family members after SD can alleviate depression in older adults. |
| Date: | 2021-12-10 |
| Relation: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Dec 10;18(24):Article number 13032. |
| Link to: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413032 |
| Cited Times(WOS): | https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000738676200001 |
| Cited Times(Scopus): | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85120830511 |
| Appears in Collections: | [李孟智] 期刊論文
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