Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38062444›Full record

ArticleBMC public health2023

The role of military service in preventing depression in China: evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal survey.

Haoran Li, Ning Zhang, Jingya Zhang, Tao Xie, Rongxin He, Yufei Jiang, Ying Mao, Bin Zhu

Open access · goldAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Haoran LiSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
Ning ZhangSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
Jingya ZhangSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
Tao XieSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
Rongxin HeVanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yufei JiangDepartment of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Children's Hospital of China Medical University, Shenzhen, China.
Ying MaoSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China. mao_ying@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
Bin ZhuSchool of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNChina Medical University · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite recognition in the West that military veterans experience more mental health issues than the general population, little research has focused on this subject in China. This study examined the associations between male veterans' military experience and depression in China.

methodsA sample of 12,914 men including 669 veterans was included in the final analysis and propensity score matching, multivariable regressions and fixed effect model were used.

resultsThe military experience was associated with a lower likelihood of depression in male veterans. In the subgroup analysis, military experience was associated with a lower likelihood of depression among married and urban male veterans. Military experience was also associated with a lower likelihood of depression in both "junior college and above" and "below junior college" groups. In contrast, evidence was lacking regarding the associations between military experience and depression for unmarried and rural veterans.

conclusionsIndividual characteristics could influence the relationship between military experience and depression in male veterans, and the mental health of veterans should be paid more attention and guaranteed.

Indexed as

Military PersonnelVeteransDepressionHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthCESDDepressionLongitudinal surveyPropensity score matchingVeterans

Identifiers

PMID38062444
PMCPMC10702066
OpenAlexW4389442018

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.