IDENTIFYING BRIDGE SYMPTOMS AMONG DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CHINESE OLDER ADULTS: THE ROLE OF EATING CULTURE
Zhongfang Yang, Junwen Yu, Tiantian Hu, Zheng Zhu · 2023
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Depression in old age is a web of symptoms that feed each other, and some symptoms hold the web together. Zhongfang Yang and co-authors mapped that web in 3,438 Chinese older adults, surveyed three times over four years. They looked for bridge symptoms: knots tying the cluster of low mood to the cluster of lost positive feeling.
One symptom stood out on the negative side: poor appetite. On the positive side, enjoying life carried the most traffic. The strongest single path ran from poor appetite toward lost enjoyment. In Chinese culture, where food carries deep social meaning, appetite may be more than a symptom. The authors suggest appetite could be a culturally tuned lever for intervention.
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| CREATOR | Zhongfang Yang, Junwen Yu, Tiantian Hu, Zheng Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |