Trajectories of depressive symptoms and their predictors in Chinese older population: Growth Mixture model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the rapidly rising proportion of the older population in China and the relatively high prevalence of depressive symptoms among this population, this study aimed to identify the trajectories of depressive symptoms and the factors associated with the trajectory class to gain a better understanding of the long-term course of depressive symptoms in this population.

Methods

Data were obtained from four wave's survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A total of 3646 participants who aged 60 years or older during baseline survey, and completed all follow-ups were retained in this study. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 10-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10). Growth mixture modelli

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature