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dc.contributor.authorStrand, Bjørn Heine
dc.contributor.authorHåberg, Asta
dc.contributor.authorEyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif
dc.contributor.authorKok, Almar
dc.contributor.authorSkirbekk, Vegard Fykse
dc.contributor.authorHuxhold, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorLøset, Gøril Kvamme
dc.contributor.authorLennartsson, Carin
dc.contributor.authorSchirmer, Henrik
dc.contributor.authorHerlofson, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorVeenstra, Marijke
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-10T10:48:40Z
dc.date.available2024-06-10T10:48:40Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-09
dc.description.abstractSpousal bereavement is associated with health declines and increased mortality risk, but its specific impact on physical and cognitive capabilities is less studied. A historical cohort study design was applied including married Tromsø study participants (N=5739) aged 50–70 years with baseline self-reported overall health and health-related factors and measured capability (grip strength, finger tapping, digit symbol coding, and short-term recall) at follow-up. Participants had data from Tromsø4 (1994–1995) and Tromsø5 (2001), or Tromsø6 (2007–2008) and Tromsø7 (2015–2016). Propensity score matching, adjusted for baseline confounders (and baseline capability in a subset), was used to investigate whether spousal bereavement was associated with poorer subsequent capability. Spousal bereavement occurred for 6.2% on average 3.7 years (SD 2.0) before the capability assessment. There were no significant bereavement effects on subsequent grip strength, immediate recall, or finger-tapping speed. Without adjustment for baseline digit symbol coding test performance, there was a negative significant effect on the digit symbol coding test (ATT −1.33; 95% confidence interval −2.57, −0.10), but when baseline digit symbol coding test performance was taken into account in a smaller subsample, using the same set of matching confounders, there was no longer any association (in the subsample ATT changed from −1.29 (95% CI −3.38, 0.80) to −0.04 (95% CI −1.83, 1.75). The results in our study suggest that spousal bereavement does not have long-term effects on the intrinsic capacity components physical or cognition capability to a notable degree.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStrand BH, Håberg A, Eyjólfsdóttir, Kok A, Skirbekk V, Huxhold O, Løset GK, Lennartsson C, Schirmer H, Herlofson K, Veenstra M. Spousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø study. GeroScience. 2024:1-15en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2261751
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11357-024-01150-y
dc.identifier.issn2509-2715
dc.identifier.issn2509-2723
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/33767
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.journalGeroScience
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 301958en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleSpousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø studyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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