ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2023
Bereavement, Memorial Attendance, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Results from the Nurses' Health Study.
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- Risk for Complicated Grief After the COVID-19 Death of a Marital Partner in Late Life.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Detecting risk for depression and anxiety symptoms among older bereaved women using text-based analysis in the Nurses' Health Study II.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Learning the hard way: What COVID-19 teaches us about the social determinants of mental health among the urban poor.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Underscoring the Significance of Memorial Attendance in Reducing Future Psychological Distress in Bereaved Older Women.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023Article
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backgroundMortality increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many bereaved individuals were not able to gather to memorialize their loved ones, yet it is unknown if this contributed to worsening mental health.
objectiveExamine the association of bereavement in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic with subsequent psychological distress and the role of memorial attendance in reducing psychological distress among the bereaved. DESIGN, SETTINGS, SUBJECTS: In May 2020, 39,564 older females from the Nurses' Health Study II enrolled in a longitudinal COVID-19 substudy (mean
methodsLinear regression analyses estimated associations of bereavement reported between March and October, 2020 with subsequent psychological distress between January and October 2021, adjusting for sociodemographic and prepandemic depression symptoms. Secondary models examined associations between memorial attendance and psychological distress.
resultsBereavement during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher psychological distress (adjusted β = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.15, 0.26) assessed over the next year. Among the bereaved, memorial attendance was associated with lower psychological distress (in-person: adjusted β = -0.41, 95% CI: -0.53, -0.29; online: adjusted β = -0.24, 95% CI: -0.46, --0.02).
conclusionAttending memorials was associated with lower subsequent psychological distress among bereaved older females.
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