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The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany. / Förster, Franziska; Luppa, Melanie; Pabst, Andreas; Heser, Kathrin; Kleineidam, Luca; Fuchs, Angela; Pentzek, Michael; Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna; van der Leeden, Carolin; Hajek, Andre; König, Hans-Helmut; Oey, Anke; Wiese, Birgitt; Moesch, Edelgard; Weeg, Dagmar; Weyerer, Siegfried; Werle, Jochen; Maier, Wolfgang; Scherer, Martin; Wagner, Michael E.; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.

in: INT J ENVIRON RES, Jahrgang 18, Nr. 13, 6986, 29.06.2021.

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Harvard

Förster, F, Luppa, M, Pabst, A, Heser, K, Kleineidam, L, Fuchs, A, Pentzek, M, Kaduszkiewicz, H, van der Leeden, C, Hajek, A, König, H-H, Oey, A, Wiese, B, Moesch, E, Weeg, D, Weyerer, S, Werle, J, Maier, W, Scherer, M, Wagner, ME & Riedel-Heller, SG 2021, 'The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany', INT J ENVIRON RES, Jg. 18, Nr. 13, 6986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136986

APA

Förster, F., Luppa, M., Pabst, A., Heser, K., Kleineidam, L., Fuchs, A., Pentzek, M., Kaduszkiewicz, H., van der Leeden, C., Hajek, A., König, H-H., Oey, A., Wiese, B., Moesch, E., Weeg, D., Weyerer, S., Werle, J., Maier, W., Scherer, M., ... Riedel-Heller, S. G. (2021). The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany. INT J ENVIRON RES, 18(13), [6986]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136986

Vancouver

Förster F, Luppa M, Pabst A, Heser K, Kleineidam L, Fuchs A et al. The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany. INT J ENVIRON RES. 2021 Jun 29;18(13). 6986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136986

Bibtex

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title = "The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany",
abstract = "Widowhood is common in old age, can be accompanied by serious health consequences and is often linked to substantial changes in social network. Little is known about the impact of social isolation on the development of depressive symptoms over time taking widowhood into account. We provide results from the follow-up 5 to follow-up 9 from the longitudinal study AgeCoDe and its follow-up study AgeQualiDe. Depression was measured with GDS-15 and social isolation was assessed using the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6). The group was aligned of married and widowed people in old age and education through entropy balancing. Linear mixed models were used to examine the frequency of occurrence of depressive symptoms for widowed and married elderly people depending on the risk of social isolation. Our study shows that widowhood alone does not lead to an increased occurrence of depressive symptoms. However, {"}widowed oldest old{"}, who are also at risk of social isolation, have significantly more depressive symptoms than those without risk. In the group of {"}married oldest old{"}, women have significantly more depressive symptoms than men, but isolated and non-isolated do not differ. Especially for people who have lost a spouse, the social network changes significantly and increases the risk for social isolation. This represents a risk factor for the occurrence of depressive symptoms.",
author = "Franziska F{\"o}rster and Melanie Luppa and Andreas Pabst and Kathrin Heser and Luca Kleineidam and Angela Fuchs and Michael Pentzek and Hanna Kaduszkiewicz and {van der Leeden}, Carolin and Andre Hajek and Hans-Helmut K{\"o}nig and Anke Oey and Birgitt Wiese and Edelgard Moesch and Dagmar Weeg and Siegfried Weyerer and Jochen Werle and Wolfgang Maier and Martin Scherer and Wagner, {Michael E.} and Riedel-Heller, {Steffi G}",
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AU - Förster, Franziska

AU - Luppa, Melanie

AU - Pabst, Andreas

AU - Heser, Kathrin

AU - Kleineidam, Luca

AU - Fuchs, Angela

AU - Pentzek, Michael

AU - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna

AU - van der Leeden, Carolin

AU - Hajek, Andre

AU - König, Hans-Helmut

AU - Oey, Anke

AU - Wiese, Birgitt

AU - Moesch, Edelgard

AU - Weeg, Dagmar

AU - Weyerer, Siegfried

AU - Werle, Jochen

AU - Maier, Wolfgang

AU - Scherer, Martin

AU - Wagner, Michael E.

AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G

PY - 2021/6/29

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N2 - Widowhood is common in old age, can be accompanied by serious health consequences and is often linked to substantial changes in social network. Little is known about the impact of social isolation on the development of depressive symptoms over time taking widowhood into account. We provide results from the follow-up 5 to follow-up 9 from the longitudinal study AgeCoDe and its follow-up study AgeQualiDe. Depression was measured with GDS-15 and social isolation was assessed using the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6). The group was aligned of married and widowed people in old age and education through entropy balancing. Linear mixed models were used to examine the frequency of occurrence of depressive symptoms for widowed and married elderly people depending on the risk of social isolation. Our study shows that widowhood alone does not lead to an increased occurrence of depressive symptoms. However, "widowed oldest old", who are also at risk of social isolation, have significantly more depressive symptoms than those without risk. In the group of "married oldest old", women have significantly more depressive symptoms than men, but isolated and non-isolated do not differ. Especially for people who have lost a spouse, the social network changes significantly and increases the risk for social isolation. This represents a risk factor for the occurrence of depressive symptoms.

AB - Widowhood is common in old age, can be accompanied by serious health consequences and is often linked to substantial changes in social network. Little is known about the impact of social isolation on the development of depressive symptoms over time taking widowhood into account. We provide results from the follow-up 5 to follow-up 9 from the longitudinal study AgeCoDe and its follow-up study AgeQualiDe. Depression was measured with GDS-15 and social isolation was assessed using the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6). The group was aligned of married and widowed people in old age and education through entropy balancing. Linear mixed models were used to examine the frequency of occurrence of depressive symptoms for widowed and married elderly people depending on the risk of social isolation. Our study shows that widowhood alone does not lead to an increased occurrence of depressive symptoms. However, "widowed oldest old", who are also at risk of social isolation, have significantly more depressive symptoms than those without risk. In the group of "married oldest old", women have significantly more depressive symptoms than men, but isolated and non-isolated do not differ. Especially for people who have lost a spouse, the social network changes significantly and increases the risk for social isolation. This represents a risk factor for the occurrence of depressive symptoms.

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JO - INT J ENVIRON RES

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