Associations between widowhood status/duration, depression, and cognitive function among community-dwelling Indians age 60 years or older: Exploration of sex and residential factors

Older adults who were widowed within 0-9 years had a higher risk of depression and worse cognitive functioning. The adverse effects of widowhood on cognition were no longer significant among men but persisted for women with longer widowhood duration. Non-multigenerational households exacerbated the influence of widowhood on the higher risk of depression and worse cognitive functioning, but findings by urban/rural residence were mixed. Future research should explore what other factors moderate widowhood and health relations and examine changes in widowhood duration over time.

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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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2025-06-27
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02950-z
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Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
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Associations between widowhood status/duration, depression, and cognitive function among community-dwelling Indians age 60 years or older: Exploration of sex and residential factors

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Associations between widowhood status/duration, depression, and cognitive function among community-dwelling Indians age 60 years or older: Exploration of sex and residential factors

Christina Mu, Waad Ali, Vinod Joseph Kannankeril Joseph, T. Muhammad, Preeti Zanwar, Drishti Drishti
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Abstract

Older adults who were widowed within 0-9 years had a higher risk of depression and worse cognitive functioning. The adverse effects of widowhood on cognition were no longer significant among men but persisted for women with longer widowhood duration. Non-multigenerational households exacerbated the influence of widowhood on the higher risk of depression and worse cognitive functioning, but findings by urban/rural residence were mixed. Future research should explore what other factors moderate widowhood and health relations and examine changes in widowhood duration over time.

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyVol. 60(10)
Pennsylvania State University (US), Thomas Jefferson University (US), University of California, San Francisco (US), International Institute for Population Sciences (IN), Texas A&M Health Science Center (US), Sultan Qaboos University (OM), University of Bologna (IT)
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Associations between widowhood status/duration, depression, and cognitive function among community-dwelling Indians age 60 years or older: Exploration of sex and residential factors — Christina Mu, Waad Ali, et al. · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS