Yi Yang1,2,* , Tao Li3
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 249-259, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.014321
- 22 December 2020
Abstract This study is aimed to explore relations between chronic diseases,
activities of daily living (ADLs) disability and depression among older adults,
particularly ADLs disability mediational effects on the correlation between
chronic diseases and geriatric depression. Records of 5931 participants at age
60 and above from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
in 2015 were used as valid samples for data relating to their chronic diseases
index, ADLs scale and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D)
scale. Our findings confirm that among older adults, 75.9% are afflicted with
chronic diseases and 52.5% have ADLs difficulty… More >