Adverse childhood experiences and 10-year depressive-symptoms trajectories among middle-aged and older adults in China: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) influence depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms were heterogeneous from the perspective of life course.

Objective

To explore the effects of ACEs on the trajectory of depressive symptoms in China.

Participants

The data is from the 5 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the 2014 Life Course Survey of it. A total of 17,106 individuals were included, without the people younger than 45 years.

Methods

We dealt with the missing values using multiple interpolation. The CESD-10 and a 12-item questionnaire was used to assess the depressive symptom and ACEs, respectively. We used group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM) to identify the 10-year depressive-symptoms. Logistic regression mod

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663716 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature