ArticleInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2015
Course of late-life depression in China is chronic and unremitting.
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- Comparative Trends in the Burden of Depressive Disorders in China and Globally, 1990-2021: Evidence From the Global Burden of Disease 2021.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Article
- Combined effect of living alone and osteoporosis status on the prevalence of depression in Chinese community-dwelling older population: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of geriatric depressive disorders in people aged 60 years and older: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Annals of general psychiatry · 2025Article
- Tying the Knot for Parents: How Adult Children's Marital Choices Impact Parental Depression in China.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Trajectories of depressive symptoms and their predictors in Chinese older population: Growth Mixture model.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Dose-response relationship between intergenerational contact frequency and depressive symptoms amongst elderly Chinese parents: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Memory Decline and Depression Onset in U.S. and European Older Adults.Journal of aging and health · 2020Article
- Trajectories of major depression in middle-aged and older adults: A population-based study.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe world's largest aging population resides in China. Depressive disorders represent a public health problem among older adults in China; however, little is known about the course and natural outcomes with routine treatment in primary care.
methodsWe examined the one-year naturalistic course of depressive symptoms in older adult Chinese primary care patients (Hangzhou, China).
findingsWe found slight improvement among most of the older adults who initially presented with mild or subsyndromal depressive symptoms, but marked increase in severity in one group of initially mildly depressed older adults; a lack of improvement among all older adults with severe initial presentations. Greater physical illness burden, lower functional capacity, and lower family support were associated with greater initial depressive symptom severity and lack of improvement over time.
conclusionThe naturalistic course of depressive illness in older adult primary care patients in urban China is typically chronic and unremitting for those with severe symptoms and slowly improving for those with milder symptoms. Because access to specialty mental health care is limited, treatments for late-life depression need to be developed that can be effectively and feasibly implemented in Chinese primary care practices.
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