Living arrangements and depression of the older adults- evidence from the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mental health and living arrangements of older adults are worthy of attention. Previous studies have pointed out that the living arrangements may be related to older adults' depression. However, it has not been found that studies concern the relationship between actual living arrangements, living arrangement preferences, and the fit between living arrangement preferences and reality and depression in older adults, so we carried out this study.

Methods

The data from the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey were used in this study. With the older adults' depression as the dependent variable and the living arrangement related variables as the independent variable, we constructed three binary-logistic regression analysis models to explore the potential re

SUBMITTER: Jia Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523833 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature