Depressive symptoms and its related factors among the physical disabled aged 45 years or older: The data from 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.08.001
- VernacularTitle:45岁及以上肢体残疾患者抑郁症状及相关因素——2013年“中国健康与养老追踪调查”数据分析
- Author:
Zhan YANG
;
Yin LIU
;
Li XUE
;
Xiaohui REN
- Keywords:
physical disability;
depression symptoms;
the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D);
cross-sectianal study
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(8):585-589
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:By exploring the epidemic level and related factors of depressive symptoms,to provide the references for improving mental health of the physical disabled.Methods:The data were from the 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study database.Persons with self-reported physical disabled were selected as subjects,and a total of 974 valid ones were obtained,with the average age of (62 ± 10) yeats.The depressive symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D),with the cut-off score of equal or higher than 10 as having depressive symptom.The independent variables included age,gender,education level,marital status,urban and rural areas,self-rated general health,self-rated heating,self-rated memorizing,life satisfaction,smoking,drinking,sleep duration,chronic diseases,activity of daily life,social activity,family support,and disability periods.Chi-square test was used to analyze the effect of each factor on prevalence of depressive symptoms.Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of multi-factors.Results:The prevalence of depressive symptom among the physical disabled was 46.1％.The subjects who were female,single,suffered from chronic disease,without family support,short-time sleeper were more likely to have depressive symptoms than the controls (OR =1.35,1.62,1.60,1.67,2.58;P ＜0.05).The subjects who had better self-rated general health,better self-rated hearing,better self-rated memorizing,better life satisfaction were less likely to have depressive symptoms than the controls (OR =0.38,0.53,0.47,0.09;P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:It suggests that the prevalence of depressive symptoms is higher among the physical disabled aged 45 years of age or older.It should take appropriate measures to reduce emotinal problems for them.
