ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Symptom Structure of Depression in Older Adults on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A Network Analysis.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Personality and Temperament: A Cohort and Mendelian Randomization Study.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026Article
- Dissecting Depression in Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Evidence That Comorbidity is Associated with Higher Depression Network Strength.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: Findings From an 8-Year Prospective China National Survey.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Prevalence of depression and its network structure and association with quality of life in older adults with hypertension: findings of a national survey.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2025Article
- Protocol for evaluating physiological and psychological acclimatization mechanisms in Tibetan plateau environment: a clinical study of doctors from Peking Union Medical College Hospital.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
- Prevalence, correlates, and network analysis of depression and its associated quality of life among ophthalmology nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Real-life experience of accepting assistive device services for Tibetans with dysfunction: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2023Article
- Decomposition and comparative analysis of depressive symptoms between older adults living alone and with others in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Previous studies have confirmed that depression among residents in high-altitude areas is more severe, and that depression may be more persistent and disabling in older adults. This study aims to identify the symptom structure of depression among older adults on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (the highest plateau in the world) from a network perspective. This cross-sectional study enrolled 507 older adults (ages 60-80 years old) from the Yushu Prefecture, which is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Depressive symptoms were self-reported using the shortened Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D-10). Then, a Gaussian graphical model (GGM) of depression was developed. Poor sleep, fear, and hopelessness about the future exhibited high centrality in the network. The strongest edge connections emerged between unhappiness and hopelessness about the future, followed by hopelessness about the future and fear; hopelessness about the future and poor sleep; fear and unhappiness; and then poor sleep and unhappiness in the network. The findings of this current study add to the small body of literature on the network structure and complex relationships between depressive symptoms in older adults in high-altitude areas.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.