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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2023

Subjective poverty, mental health, and mortality among Chinese older people: a prospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018.

Minzhi Xu, Pan Ke, Ying Zhou, Qingfeng Tian, Yong Gan, Zuxun Lu

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Minzhi XuDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Pan KeDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Ying ZhouDepartment of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Qingfeng TianSchool of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yong Gan *Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. scswj2008@163.com.
Zuxun Lu *Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. zuxunlu@hust.edu.cn.

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National Social Science Foundation of China 18ZDA085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe associations of duration of subjective poverty and poverty status with mortality among older people remains inconclusive, and the underlying mechanisms of mental health on them are rarely discussed in population-based epidemiological studies.

methodsWe used the data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) (2008-2018). The Cox regression model was used to estimate hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for mortality. Mediation analysis was applied to assess the effect of mental health.

resultsWhen compared with participants without subjective poverty, those who reported subjective poverty at one time point (2008 or 2011) or two time points (2008 and 2011) had a higher risk of death, with multivariable-adjusted HR (95% CIs) of 1.08 (1.00-1.16) and 1.22 (1.06-1.39), respectively. For poverty status, the multivariable-adjusted HR (95% CIs) of mortality were 0.81 (0.66-0.98) for "just objective poverty" and 0.78 (0.62-0.98) for "neither subjective nor objective poverty" compared with participants who reported "just subjective poverty", while there was no statistically significant association between "poverty subjectively and objectively" and mortality (HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.72-1.07). Besides, we found that the proportion mediated by mental health was 26.6%, and age was a significant effect modifier.

conclusionsSubjective poverty may be associated with a higher risk of death among Chinese older people. This study showed that promoting mental health alone may not substantially reduce socioeconomic inequality in health. Further explorations of measures to tackle the social determinants of health are still needed.

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East Asian PeopleMental HealthAgedChinaHumansLongevityMortalityPovertyProspective StudiesChinese longitudinal healthy longevity surveyMental healthMortalitySubjective poverty

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