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Widowhood and the risk of psychiatric care, psychotropic medication and all-cause mortality
— a cohort study of 658,022 elderly people in Sweden | | Author(s) | Jette Moller, Emma Bjorkenstam, Rickard Ljung, Monica Aberg Yngwe |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 15, no 2, March 2011 |
| Pages | pp 259-266 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Widows ; Widowers ; Over 70s ; At risk ; Mental disorder ; Death ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The study examined the effect of widowhood on the risk of psychiatric care, psychotropic medication and mortality. It also looked at whether the effect is modified by educational level. Study participants were married or widowed individuals aged 75 and older who were alive and registered in Sweden on 31 December 2004 and still registered on 31 December 2005. A total of 658,022 individuals were included in the study and followed up during 2006. Study results showed that loss of spouse increased the risk of outpatient psychiatric visits, psychotropic medication and all-cause mortality. Prescribed psychotropic medication was more common among those newly bereaved compared to those married. The analyses also indicated different effects on inpatient care depending on educational level. In conclusion, loss of spouse increases the risk of people getting psychiatric care, both for severe and minor psychiatric conditions. The effect seems to differ depending on educational level. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110801004 A |
| Classmark | SP: SPA: BBK: CA3: E: CW: 76P |
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