Submitted by BlitzOrion t3_118ujmk in science
cakeweefs t1_j9ja02z wrote
>The researchers used data from 7,694 participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) who were aged 45-50 in 1996, with their health and wellbeing tracked via questionanaires roughly every three years up to 2016.
>They were regularly asked to indicate their level of satisfaction in their relationships including with partners, family, friends and colleagues.
>The participants were also monitored for the 11 conditions identified as National Priority Areas in Australia: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, depression and anxiety.
>Fifty-eight per cent of the women who had no chronic conditions when the study started, went on to develop multiple chronic conditions over the 20-year period.
I would be very interested in further research on the correlation between social isolation and chronic health conditions. It seems like a chicken and egg dilemma presently.
Lotsofpeanutbutter2 t1_j9jp5au wrote
Yes. It seems like that association likely works in both directions: women with chronic illness are also likely unable to dedicate much energy to relationships.
Unfortunately, perhaps a self reinforcing cycle.
D-Juice t1_j9l09m0 wrote
Or women, specifically, are more likely to be abandoned by their partners when they get sick: Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness
ferrdek t1_j9lg4i1 wrote
it says that divorce rate in the group of seriously ill doesn't differ from divorce rate in general population.
Also, it doesn't says explicitly it's a man who files for divorce. It's an assumption that in all cases sick spouse is abandoned by the healthy spouse
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bateka2 t1_j9jpygl wrote
Agreed; I was thinking chicken or egg.
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