Association between internet use and depression among the middle-aged and elderly adults with multimorbidity in China: do gender differences exist?
Jiao Zhang, Yuheng Jia, Lixin Hong, Yixin Zhang, Lihua Li, Kan Tian · 2025
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Jiao Zhang and five co-authors ask whether going online lifts or lowers depression in older Chinese adults who live with several chronic diseases at once, in a study published in 2024. Internet use is spreading fast among this group, and its mental health effects were unsettled.
The team drew 2,550 respondents aged 45 and over with multiple conditions from a national aging survey’s 2018 wave. Statistical models linked internet use to depression scores, and a matching method checked the result’s robustness. Men and women were compared separately to test whether the tie differs by gender. Findings of this kind guide digital inclusion programs that hope to help, not harm, a vulnerable group.
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| CREATOR | Jiao Zhang, Yuheng Jia, Lixin Hong, Yixin Zhang, Lihua Li, Kan Tian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |