Bereavement From COVID-19, Gender, and Reports of Depression Among Older Adults in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left older adults around the world bereaved by the sudden death of relatives and friends. We examine if COVID-19 bereavement corresponds with older adults' reporting depression in 27 countries and test for variations by gender and country context.

Method

We analyze the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe COVID-19 data collected between June and August 2020 from 51,383 older adults (age 50-104) living in 27 countries, of whom 1,363 reported the death of a relative or friend from COVID-19. We estimate pooled multilevel logit regression models to examine if COVID-19 bereavement is associated with self-reported depression and worsening depression, and we test whether national COVID-19 mortality rates m

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature