The mediating effect of life satisfaction between daily living abilities and depressive symptoms in the Chinese older people: evidence from CHARLS 2020

Depressive symptoms represent a significant public health challenge, impacting the mental well-being of older adults. Despite this, the understanding of how activities of daily living (ADL) abilities correlate with life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults remains limited....

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Published in:Frontiers in public health 2024-08, Vol.12, p.1393530
Main Authors: Liao, Mingsheng, Zhang, Xuesi, Xie, Zhiquan, Li, Limei, Zou, Liqin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activities of daily living
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
China
Depression - psychology
depressive symptoms
disability
East Asian People
Female
Humans
life satisfaction
Longitudinal Studies
Male
mediating effect
Middle Aged
older people
Personal Satisfaction
Public Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Depressive symptoms represent a significant public health challenge, impacting the mental well-being of older adults. Despite this, the understanding of how activities of daily living (ADL) abilities correlate with life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults remains limited. This study aims to investigate the relationship between ADL and depressive symptoms in older people Chinese individuals, with a specific focus on examining the mediating role of life satisfaction within this context. The study utilized data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) collected in 2020. A cohort of 8,343 individuals aged 60 years and above was included. The analysis was conducted using STATA 17.0 and SPSS 26.0, employing descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, Pearson correlations, and mediation analysis using the percentile Bootstrap method with 5,000 resamples to explore the interrelations among ADL, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms. ADL is positively correlated with life satisfaction (r = 0.129,  
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1393530