Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms: the role of multimorbidity, mobility and subjective memory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high prevalence of depression among older people in China places a heavy burden on the health system. Multimorbidity, mobility limitation and subjective memory impairment are found to be risk indicators for depression. However, most studies on this topic focused on depression at a single point in time, ignoring the dynamic changes in depressive symptoms and the relationship between the trajectories and these three conditions. Therefore, we aimed to identify distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms in older people and investigate their associations with multimorbidity, mobility limitation and subjective memory impairment.

Methods

Data was drawn from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study conducted during 2011-2018. A total of 5196 participants who c

SUBMITTER: Ji Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837987 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature