Associations of multimorbidity with body pain, sleep duration, and depression among middle-aged and older adults in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity, body pain, sleep disturbance, and depression are major clinical and public health challenges. This paper aimed to examine the associations of multimorbidity with body pain, sleep duration, and depression; and whether the associations varied by socioeconomic status.

Methods

Data was derived from four waves of the nationally representative China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), including participants aged 45 years and older in 2011. 12 physical non-communicable diseases and 1 mental chronic disease were used to measure multimorbidity. Educational attainment and annual per-capita household consumption expenditure were employed as proxies for socioeconomic status.

Results

Of the 16,931 participants aged 45 + years old, the prop

SUBMITTER: Ye X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature