China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study: depressive symptoms of middle-aged and elderly disabled people and its related factors
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20201009-01774
- VernacularTitle:中国健康与养老追踪调查：中老年残疾人抑郁症状及相关因素
- Author:
Jia LIU
;
Hongye PENG
;
Zaofang YAN
;
Kailin HUANG
;
Miyuan WANG
;
Qiyuan MAO
;
Xin WU
;
Zhenhai ZHAO
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2021;30(3):273-278
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the status of depression symptoms and related factors of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly disabled people in China and provide references on the preventive cares of depression.Methods:Research data were obtained from the 2018 follow-up data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS).Disabled people were selected as the research object. The scores of center for epidemiological studies depression scale(CES-D) were used to evaluate depressive symptoms. Fourteen variables derived from the 3 dimensions of demographic characteristics, health status, and health related behaviors were utilized in this study.SAS 9.4 were used for descriptive analysis, univariate analysis and Logistic regression analysis.Results:A total of 1 708 middle-aged and elderly disabled people were included, among whom 932(54.5%)were diagnosed with depressive symptoms, and the score of CES-D was (11.45±7.19).Self-rated poor health, self-rated poor memory, life dissatisfaction, physical pain were the risk factors of depressive symptoms ( OR=1.87, 4.22, 1.83, 5.30, 1.75). Male, educational level (middle-high school, high school or above), sleeping duration (6-9 h) were the protective factors of depressive symptoms( OR=0.74, 0.72, 0.10, 0.56). Conclusion:Middle-aged and elderly disabled people in China have a high detection rate of depressive symptoms. Female, lower education background, inadequate amount of sleep, self-rated unsatisfactory healthy, self-rated poor memory, dissatisfaction towards life and suffering from physical pain may be more likely to have depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people with disabilities.
