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September 20, 2024Journal of Global HealthOpen Access

The influence of widowhood and social engagement on cognitive impairment among Chinese older adults and factors mediating their association

Mingyuan Sheng Kathleen Young Ying Li Yeyuan Zhang Jiale Wang Shuhan Jiang

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Abstract

Prior studies exploring the impact of widowhood on cognitive impairment in later life have been focussed on the USA and Europe. We aimed to explore the mediating role of social engagement, health behaviours, and subjective well-being in the association between widowhood and cognitive impairment in the Chinese population.

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Sheng et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e57d34b6db64358751c173 https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04193

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