Age, period, cohort effects in trends of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the effects of age, period, and cohort on the trends of depression; and to examine the influence of these three temporal effects on residential disparities in depression.

Methods

Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) during 2011 to 2020, involving 77,703 respondents aged 45 years old and above. The measurement of depressive symptoms was the score of 10-question version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10). The hierarchical age-period-cohort cross-classified random effects models were conducted to examine trends in depressive symptoms related to age, period and cohort.

Results

CES-D scores increased with age and slightly decreased at older age. The cohort trends mostly increa

SUBMITTER: Hu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11321982 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature