The Mediating Role of Cognitive Function in the Relationship Between Physical Performance and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in China: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Na Zhang, Fang Wang, Manlan He, Lu Chen · 2025
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Na Zhang and co-authors follow in 2025 older adults in China to test whether thinking ability carries the effect of physical performance on later depressive symptoms. Low mood in older adults is a growing public health problem as the population ages. The study included 3,779 adults aged sixty and older who took part in a national aging study in 2015 and were followed in 2018.
Adults who later developed depressive symptoms had lower physical performance at the start. The lowest performance group faced higher risk even after other factors were counted, though estimates were wide. Thinking scores acted as a go between in that link. Results are also split by sex to check for differences between men and women.
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| CREATOR | Na Zhang, Fang Wang, Manlan He, Lu Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |