ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2018
The association between depressive symptoms and fall accidents among middle-aged and elderly people in China.
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Abstract
backgroundDepressive symptoms are a worldwide health problem. However, the research about the effect of depressive symptoms on the fall among the Chinese mid-aged and elderly people is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association between depressive symptoms and fall accidents among middle-aged and elderly people in China.
methodsThis study was conducted based on 12,527 sets of data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS). The 2011 depressive symptoms data and the 2013 fall data were chosen for this study. The depressive symptom-related data was assessed by the Chinese version of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scales (CES-D). Individuals were divided into subgroups according to gender (male or female), age (45-59, middle-aged or ≥ 60, elderly people), and residence (rural or urban). The odds ratios (ORs) were compared between subgroups using multivariable logistic regression analysis method.
resultsThe adjusted OR value (OR = 1.19 [95% CI 1.07-1.33]) shows there is a significant association between depressive symptoms and subsequent fall accidents. The ORs of the female, elderly people, rural, and urban subgroups are 1.31 (95% CI 1.11-1.55), 1.24 (95% CI 1.08-1.43), 1.17 (95% CI 1.02-1.33), and 1.25 (95% CI 1.04-1.49), respectively, which reveals that this association is also statistically significant in these subgroups.
conclusionsThis study shows that there is a significant association between depressive symptoms and their subsequent fall accidents among the Chinese middle-aged and elderly people.
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