School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Jan 30;12:1278901. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1278901. eCollection 2024.
This study investigated how anticipated instrumental support sources and intergenerational support influence depressive symptoms in older Chinese adults.
We employed binary logistic regression on data from 7,117 adults aged ≥60 in the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, controlling for gender, marital status, and self-rated health.
38.89% of respondents exhibited depressive symptoms. Anticipated support from spouse and children, spouse only, children only, or other sources showed 52, 25, 46, and 40% lower odds of depression, respectively, compared with no anticipated support. Those providing financial support had 36% higher odds of depression than those without exchanges. However, those receiving financial support, receiving instrumental support, and receiving and providing financial and emotional support had 19, 14, 23, and 24% lower odds of depression.
Different anticipated instrumental support sources and intergenerational support influenced depression odds in older adults, suggesting potential benefits in promoting such support systems.
本研究旨在探讨预期的工具性支持来源和代际支持如何影响中国老年成年人的抑郁症状。
我们对 2018 年中国健康与退休纵向研究中 7117 名年龄≥60 岁的成年人的数据进行了二元逻辑回归分析,控制了性别、婚姻状况和自评健康状况。
38.89%的受访者存在抑郁症状。与没有预期支持相比,预期来自配偶和子女、仅配偶、仅子女或其他来源的支持的抑郁发生几率分别降低了 52%、25%、46%和 40%。与没有交换的人相比,提供经济支持的人抑郁的几率高 36%。然而,接受经济支持、接受工具性支持以及接受和提供经济和情感支持的人抑郁的几率分别降低了 19%、14%、23%和 24%。
不同的预期工具性支持来源和代际支持影响老年人的抑郁几率,提示促进这些支持系统具有潜在的益处。