Williams of the Department of Sociology at Ohio State University conducted a study in 2004 on the health problems of people after being widowed. The study focused on whether the main reasons for the deterioration of health status after widowhood are changes in lifestyle habits and a decrease in health-promoting behaviors.

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The study was conducted on 203 older widows and widowers who were over 65 when they began participating in the study, and a further 199 who were married during the course of the study. The researchers spoke to the women once when they were newly widowed and again 18 months later.

The question they asked these people was how often someone would remind them to take care of themselves and do something healthy, and how often someone would remind them to take medicine, eat healthily, or go for regular medical care. Each question has three options ranging from "never" (1 point) to "often" (3 points).

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Subjects were considered to have harmful health behaviors if they had one of the following four conditions: rarely walking or exercising as a pastime, having an abnormal weight, smoking frequently, and sleeping less than 24 hours per 24 hours (including nap) less than 7 hours. Subjects completed two health status assessments. The first is their general understanding of their health status - good or bad, and the second is their assessment of what diseases they have - cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or circulatory system diseases.

As a result, the behaviors harmful to health of the widowed elderly people increased significantly, while the habits beneficial to health decreased significantly. Compared with the elderly people of the same age who have spouses, their health conditions are much worse, and the health conditions of remarried elderly people are also significantly better than those who still live alone.

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