ReviewNursing open2019
Factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers-A systematic review of quantitative research.
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- Comparing the Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Frailty Status of Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural and Urban Areas in the United States.Journal of ageing and longevity · 2026Article
- Cognitive impairment among widowed older adults in India: a decomposition analysis of gender gap.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Grief, bereavement and prolonged grief disorder: scoping and mapping the evidence.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Association between widowhood and cognitive function among Chinese older adults with hearing impairment: the moderating effect of social support and participation.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Early postnatal care uptake and its associated factors following childbirth in East Africa-a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Moderating Roles of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity on the Relationship between Social Networks and Flourishing: A Study on Community-Dwelling Widowed Older Adults in Malaysia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Pathways into single motherhood, re-partnering, and trajectories of antidepressant medication purchases.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Psychometric properties of the Korean adaptation of the communities advancing resilience toolkit (CART) assessment survey.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Mental Health before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Partnership and Parenthood Status in Growing Disparities between Types of Families.Journal of health and social behavior · 2022Article
- Young Single Widow, Dynamics of In-Laws Interference and Coping Mechanisms: Simplicity-Parsimony Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social Isolation, Social Support, and Loneliness Profiles Before and After Spousal Death and the Buffering Role of Financial Resources.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Comparing the impact of social support on the life satisfaction of widowed and non-widowed elders.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Immigration Background and the Widowhood Effect on Mortality.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Suicide prevention strategies for older persons-An integrative review of empirical and theoretical papers.Nursing open · 2021Review
- Sources of health information among U.S. cancer survivors: results from the health information national trends survey (HINTS).AIMS public health · 2020Article
- A Systematic Review of Treatment Options for Grieving Older Adults.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers-A systematic review of quantitative research.Nursing open · 2019Review
- Restoring Balance-A Woman's Expressions of Lived Experience of Everyday Life During a Period of Aging: A Case Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimTo examine factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers. The review question was: What is the evidence of the relationship between widowhood and health in older adults?
designSystematic review. DATA SOURCES: Academic Search Elite, CINAHL, Medline (Ovid) and PubMed were searched for articles published between January 2013-December 2017. REVIEW
methodsA systematic review of quantitative research with a qualitative thematic analysis.
resultsThe selection process resulted in 12 studies. One of the themes that emerged was: emotional challenges related to experiences of bereavement, depression and anxiety, which was based on the sub-theme social support as the main strategy for coping with emotional pain and suffering. The second theme was: struggling with poor physical health. The findings indicate that healthcare professionals need knowledge and skills to deal with the health consequences of widowhood in old age. Building community teams can prevent emotional and physical health problems, as well as reduce mortality.
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