Urban-rural differences in influencing factors of depressive symptoms among Chinese perimenopausal women.

ABSTRACT: Perimenopause is a high-risk period for depressive symptoms in women. Investigating the urban-rural differences in key factors associated with depressive symptoms among Chinese perimenopausal women can provide a scientific basis for developing targeted intervention strategies. Using data from the 2020 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we employed a random forest model combined with Shapley value decomposition (a cooperative-game-theoretic approach that quantifies each variable's marginal contribution to model accuracy), supplemented by logistic regression analysis, to systematically explore urban-rural differences in key factors influencing depressive symptoms in perimenopausal women. Among 1,105 perimenopausal women, the overall prevalence of depressive

SUBMITTER: Wang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12635278 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature