Association between using social media WeChat and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older people: findings from a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess the characteristics and health status of a study sample using social media WeChat and to identify the association between social media usage and depressive symptoms among people aged 45 and older in China.

Methods

Data were drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Depressive symptoms were measured by the 10-item form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10). The propensity score matching method (PSM) was performed to balance the characteristics of WeChat users and non-WeChat users. Multilevel logistic regression was used to test the association between the incidence of depressive symptoms and WeChat usage by introducing covariates step by step. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to estima

SUBMITTER: Qu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9023108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature