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Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults
Marital disruption is a common life event with potential health implications. We examined the prospective association of divorce/widowhood with subsequent lifestyles, psychological, and overall health outcomes within short and longer terms using three waves of data from the 45 and Up Study in Austra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34341364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93210-y |
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author | Ding, Ding Gale, Joanne Bauman, Adrian Phongsavan, Philayrath Nguyen, Binh |
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description | Marital disruption is a common life event with potential health implications. We examined the prospective association of divorce/widowhood with subsequent lifestyles, psychological, and overall health outcomes within short and longer terms using three waves of data from the 45 and Up Study in Australia (T1, 2006–09; T2, 2010; T3, 2012–16). Marital status and health-related outcomes were self-reported using validated questionnaires. Nine outcomes were examined including lifestyles (smoking, drinking, diet and physical activity), psychological outcomes (distress, anxiety and depression) and overall health/quality of life. Logistic regression was adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and baseline health outcomes. Of the 33,184 participants who were married at T1 (mean age 59.5 ± 9.3 years), after 3.4 years, 2.9% became divorced and 2.4% widowed at T2. Recent divorce was positively associated with smoking, poor quality of life, high psychological distress, anxiety and depression at T2. Similar but weaker associations were observed for widowhood. However, these associations were much attenuated at T3 (5 years from T2). Marital disruption in midlife or at an older age can be detrimental to health, particularly psychological health in the short term. Public awareness of the health consequences of spousal loss should be raised. Resources, including professional support, should be allocated to help individuals navigate these difficult life transitions. |
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spelling | pubmed-83289692021-08-03 Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults Ding, Ding Gale, Joanne Bauman, Adrian Phongsavan, Philayrath Nguyen, Binh Sci Rep Article Marital disruption is a common life event with potential health implications. We examined the prospective association of divorce/widowhood with subsequent lifestyles, psychological, and overall health outcomes within short and longer terms using three waves of data from the 45 and Up Study in Australia (T1, 2006–09; T2, 2010; T3, 2012–16). Marital status and health-related outcomes were self-reported using validated questionnaires. Nine outcomes were examined including lifestyles (smoking, drinking, diet and physical activity), psychological outcomes (distress, anxiety and depression) and overall health/quality of life. Logistic regression was adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and baseline health outcomes. Of the 33,184 participants who were married at T1 (mean age 59.5 ± 9.3 years), after 3.4 years, 2.9% became divorced and 2.4% widowed at T2. Recent divorce was positively associated with smoking, poor quality of life, high psychological distress, anxiety and depression at T2. Similar but weaker associations were observed for widowhood. However, these associations were much attenuated at T3 (5 years from T2). Marital disruption in midlife or at an older age can be detrimental to health, particularly psychological health in the short term. Public awareness of the health consequences of spousal loss should be raised. Resources, including professional support, should be allocated to help individuals navigate these difficult life transitions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8328969/ /pubmed/34341364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93210-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Ding, Ding Gale, Joanne Bauman, Adrian Phongsavan, Philayrath Nguyen, Binh Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title | Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title_full | Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title_fullStr | Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title_short | Effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older Australian adults |
title_sort | effects of divorce and widowhood on subsequent health behaviours and outcomes in a sample of middle-aged and older australian adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34341364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93210-y |
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