T he sexual health of midlife women is a topic often overlooked by both primary care providers and researchers. Traditionally, sexual health research and risk reduction strategies have focused on younger women who have higher rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and unintended pregnancy.1,2 However, there is now evidence that midlife women are at greater risk of new STIs and unintended...

OBJECTIVES This study examined whether psychological adjustment to widowhood is affected by three aspects of marital quality--warmth, conflict, and instrumental dependence-assessed prior to the loss. METHODS The Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) is a prospective study of a two-stage area probability sample of 1,532 married individuals aged 65 and older. The CLOC includes baseline data on...

INTRODUCTION: In India, National Family Health Survey: (NFHS 2) data has given an estimate that there are more than 33 million widows comprising of 8% of the total female population.1 The widows are surrounded by cultural and social practices that seldom she can come out from them. OBJECTIVES: To determine the social, cultural deprivation faced by them after widowhood and to describe their atti...

The association between widowhood and mental health problems, such as depressive symptomatology and anxiety, has been examined extensively. Few studies, however, have explored the prevalence and incidence of mood and anxiety disorders based on diagnostic criteria after the loss of the partner. We conducted a systematic review, and searched major bibliographical databases for studies examining m...

BACKGROUND AIDS is the main driver of young widowhood in southern Africa. METHODS The demographic characteristics of widows, their reported risk behaviours and the prevalence of HIV were examined by analysing a longitudinal population-based cohort of men and women aged 15-54 years in Manicaland, eastern Zimbabwe. The results from statistical analyses were used to construct a mathematical simu...

BACKGROUND The impact of spousal bereavement on mental health varies among the widowed. More information is needed on factors influencing bereavement outcome. METHOD We conducted a cross-sectional study on a sample of 216 widowed individuals. Initial non-response was high, with only 8% of all approached persons participating in the study. The influence of demographic and psychosocial predicto...

BACKGROUND The feminisation of ageing and increasing number of widowed women in contemporary society has significant implications. Older women are at risk of poor health, social, and economic outcomes upon widowhood. The aim of the study was to describe women's experiences in the period soon after their husbands' death, including their financial issues and concerns, and the ways in which these ...

Elderly widows are three times as likely to live in poverty as older married people. This study investigates this gap, as well as the gap in wealth and income more generally, using national panel data from the 1990s in the United States. It is found that 44 percent of the difference in economic status between widows (and widowers) and married elderly is due to differences in economic status tha...

Through narrative research, this article analyses elderly people´s leisure in Spain, from the experiential paradigm and a ambination of sincronic diachronic perspective, which seeks to know evolution across lifespan impact past current styles. The analysis particular case 71 years old woman, for whom becomes central element her life after widowhood, contributes psychosocial factors processes th...