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. 2025 Jun 6:16:1602287.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1602287. eCollection 2025.

Analysis of the current status and associated factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese middle-aged and elderly stroke patients-based on CHARLS data

Yage Shi  1 , Chenjun Liu  1 , Xueting Sun  1 , Dingding Li  1 , Shuaiyou Wang  1 , Xinyi Zhu  1 , Kun Pan  1 , Xiaoxia Chen  2 , Huimin Zhang  1
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Analysis of the current status and associated factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese middle-aged and elderly stroke patients-based on CHARLS data

Yage Shi et al. Front Psychiatry. .

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Abstract

Background: To investigate the prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly stroke patients in China, and to provide reference for improving the mental health of middle-aged and elderly stroke patients in China.

Methods: The data for this study were drawn from the 2020 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), and middle-aged and elderly stroke patients aged ≥45 years were considered as study subjects (n=988). A simplified version of the Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale score was used to determine depressive symptoms (≥10 points defined as depression) in the study population, and associated factors were analyzed using binary logistic regression.

Results: Among the 988 middle-aged and elderly stroke patients, 547 (55.4%) had depressive symptoms and 441 (44.6%) did not. The results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that education level, history of alcohol consumption, sleep quality, loneliness, self-rated health status, self-rated memory status, life satisfaction, and ADL were the associated factors of depressive symptom in middle-aged and elderly stroke patients (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: The study has shown that depressive symptoms in Chinese middle-aged and elderly stroke patients are associated with a variety of factors, and healthcare professionals should regularly assess with early recognition and take interventions to improve the disease.

Keywords: CHARLS; depressive symptom; factors; middle-aged and older adults; stroke.

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