The role of social isolation in the relationship between widowhood and depressive symptomatology. A comparison among the widowed and married oldest old in Germany
Förster, F.; Luppa, M.; Pabst, A.; Löbner, M.; Scherer, M.; Wagner, M.; Riedel-Heller, S. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2021 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Purpose To investigate the effect of social isolation on depressive symptoms for widowed and married old people. Methods Data from the longitudinal “German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients” (AgeCoDe) and its follow-up study “Needs, health service use, costs and health-related quality of life in a large sample of oldest-old primary care patients (85+)” (AgeQualiDe). Depressive symptoms were assessed with the 15-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The group was aligned of married and widowed people in old age and education through entropy balancing. Linear mixed mo…
