A survey of men and women between the ages of 70 and 79 shows that some widows and widowers experience high levels of depressive symptoms up to two years after the loss of their spouse.
Apsekojot vīriešus un sievietes vecumā no 70 līdz 79 gadiem, tika noskaidrots, ka vēl divus gadus pēc dzīvesbiedra nāves atraitņi un atraitnes joprojām mēdz izjust smagus depresijas simptomus.