Prospective relationship of depressive symptoms, drinking, and tobacco smoking among middle-aged and elderly community-dwelling adults: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 195; pp. 136 - 143
• Main Authors: Cheng, Hui G, Chen, Shengnan, McBride, Orla, Phillips, Michael R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Age of Onset; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alcohol drinking; Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; Alcohol Drinking - psychology; China; China - epidemiology; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - psychology; Depressive symptoms; Disease Progression; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Middle-aged and elderly adults; Prospective Studies; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Retirement; Sex Factors; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Smoking - psychology; Depressive symptoms; Alcohol drinking; Middle-aged and elderly adults; China; Smoking

Abstract Background Previous studies in Western countries have consistently documented positive associations of smoking and heavy drinking with depressive symptoms but a prospective analysis of these relationships among middle-aged and elderly community members in China have not previously been repo...