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Marital status, widowhood duration, gender and health outcomes: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India
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dc.contributor.author | Perkins, Jessica M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Hwa-young | - |
dc.contributor.author | James, K. S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Oh, Juhwan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Krishna, Aditi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Heo, Jongho | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Jong-koo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Subramanian, S. V. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-07T07:57:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-07T07:57:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09-30 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Public Health, 16(1):1032 | ko_KR |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/100500 | - |
dc.description | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | ko_KR |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Background Previous research has demonstrated health benefits of marriage and the potential for worse outcomes during widowhood in some populations. However, few studies have assessed the relevance of widowhood and widowhood duration to a variety of health-related outcomes and chronic diseases among older adults in India, and even fewer have examined these relationships stratified by gender. Methods Using a cross-sectional representative sample of 9,615 adults aged 60years or older from 7 states in diverse regions of India, we examine the relationship between widowhood and self-rated health, psychological distress, cognitive ability, and four chronic diseases before and after adjusting for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, living with children, and rural–urban location for men and women, separately. We then assess these associations when widowhood accounts for duration. Results Being widowed as opposed to married was associated with worse health outcomes for women after adjusting for other explanatory factors. Widowhood in general was not associated with any outcomes for men except for cognitive ability, though men who were widowed within 0–4 years were at greater risk for diabetes compared to married men. Moreover, recently widowed women and women who were widowed long-term were more likely to experience psychological distress, worse self-rated health, and hypertension, even after adjusting for other explanatory variables, whereas women widowed 5–9 years were not, compared to married women. Conclusions Gender, the duration of widowhood, and type of outcome are each relevant pieces of information when assessing the potential for widowhood to negatively impact health. Future research should explore how the mechanisms linking widowhood to health vary over the course of widowhood. Incorporating information about marital relationships into the design of intervention programs may help better target potential beneficiaries among older adults in India. | ko_KR |
dc.language.iso | en | ko_KR |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Widowhood | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Aging | ko_KR |
dc.subject | India | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Gender | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Self-rated health | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Chronic disease | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Cognition | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Psychological distress | ko_KR |
dc.title | Marital status, widowhood duration, gender and health outcomes: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India | ko_KR |
dc.type | Article | ko_KR |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 이화영 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 오주환 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 허종호 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 이종구 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12889-016-3682-9 | - |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | - |
dc.rights.holder | The Author(s). | - |
dc.date.updated | 2017-01-06T10:09:15Z | - |
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