dc.contributor.author | Holm, Anne Lise | |
dc.contributor.author | Berland, Astrid Karin | |
dc.contributor.author | Severinsson, Elisabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-11T07:34:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-11T07:34:23Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-01-25T12:13:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nursing Open. 2019. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2054-1058 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2589476 | |
dc.description | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | nb_NO |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Aim: To examine factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers. The review question was: What is the evidence of the relationship between widowhood and health in older adults? Design: Systematic review. Data sources: Academic Search Elite, CINAHL, Medline (Ovid) and PubMed were searched for articles published between January 2013–December 2017. Review methods: A systematic review of quantitative research with a qualitative thematic analysis. Results: The selection process resulted in 12 studies. One of the themes that emerged was: Emotional challenges related to experiences of bereavement, depression and anxiety, which was based on the sub‐theme Social support as the main strategy for coping with emotional pain and suffering. The second theme was: Struggling with poor physical health. The findings indicate that healthcare professionals need knowledge and skills to deal with the health consequences of widowhood in old age. Building community teams can prevent emotional and physical health problems, as well as reduce mortality. KEYWORDS: bereavement, depression, emotional pain, health, older adults, systematic review, widowhood | nb_NO |
dc.description.sponsorship | The study has been supported by grants from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and the University of South‐Eastern Norway. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Factors that influence the Health of older widows and widowers-A systematic review of quantitative research | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.rights.holder | © 2019 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 21 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Nursing Open | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/nop2.243 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1665055 | |
cristin.unitcode | 222,56,1,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for sykepleie- og helsevitenskap | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |