Background:Valid and reliable measures of depressive symptoms are crucial for understanding risk factors,outcomes,and interventions across rural and urban settings.Despite this need,the longitudinal invariance of thes...Background:Valid and reliable measures of depressive symptoms are crucial for understanding risk factors,outcomes,and interventions across rural and urban settings.Despite this need,the longitudinal invariance of these measures over time remains understudied.This research explores the structural components of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-D)and examines its consistency across various living environments and temporal stability in a cohort of Chinese teenagers.Method:In the initial phase,1,042 adolescents furnished demographic details and undertook the CES-D assessment.After a three-month interval,967 of these participants repeated the CES-D evaluation.The study employed Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)to scrutinize the scale’s structural integrity.We investigated factorial invariance by conducting a twopronged CFA:one comparing urban vs.rural backgrounds,and another contrasting the results from the initial assessment with those from the follow-up.Results:The CES-D demonstrated adequate reliability in both rural and urban high school student samples.The preliminary four-factor model applied to the CES-D demonstrated a good fit with the collected data.Invariance tests,including multigroup analyses comparing rural and urban samples and longitudinal assessments,confirmed the scale’s invariance.Conclusions:The results suggest that the CES-D serves as a reliable instrument for evaluating depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.Its applicability is consistent across different living environments and remains stable over time.展开更多
Screening for elders at risk for depression is crucial for promoting mental health in later life. The present study investigates the cutoff score of a short form of the CES-D for screening of depressive symptoms in th...Screening for elders at risk for depression is crucial for promoting mental health in later life. The present study investigates the cutoff score of a short form of the CES-D for screening of depressive symptoms in the elderly population of Taiwan. This particular short form of CES-D is repeatedly used in the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA), a national survey of representative older adults in Taiwan, and is therefore referred to as the TLSA form. Data collected from five waves of TLSA were analyzed in this study. Participant responses repeatedly measured in 1989 and 1993 were used to identify a cutoff for the TLSA form of the CES-D with sensitivity and specificity using the cutoff of 4 on the Boston form of the CES-D as the criterion. Longitudinal data from the years 1996, 1999, and 2003 were used to validate the proposed cutoff by comparing the prevalence rates for depressive symptoms among older Taiwan Residents estimated from the identified cutoff and reported in previous studies. The score of 10 on the TLSA form of the CES-D was suggested, yielding a specificity of 0.93 and a sensitivity of approximately 0.96. The estimated prevalence rates for depressive symptoms among Taiwan Residents elders based on the suggested cutoff were between 18.9% and 23.7%, which are similar to previously reported rates. The cutoff score of 10 on the TLSA form of the CES-D is therefore recommended for screening depressive symptoms among older adults in Taiwan.展开更多
Objective:Depression appears to be common among the patients with end-stage renal disease(ESRD).Therefore,how to comprehensively analyze the changes in depression and its impact on patient outcomes is an impor tant re...Objective:Depression appears to be common among the patients with end-stage renal disease(ESRD).Therefore,how to comprehensively analyze the changes in depression and its impact on patient outcomes is an impor tant research direction.The objectives of this study were to assess changes in depression and whether depression can be used to predict outcomes in patients receiving hemodialysis.Methods:In a longitudinal study,317 patients receiving hemodialysis from two hospitals were investigated.Depression was assessed using the Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMDS)at baseline.Outcomes data(survival and mor tality)were collected from baseline to the end of follow-up 2 years later.Mor tality was assessed using Cox propor tional hazards analysis.Results:The HAMDS score and percentage of high scores increased at three time points.Moreover,the changes were statistically significant.Surviving patients had significantly lower HAMDS scores.Through multivariate Cox regression analysis,age and depression can be used to predict mor tality(P<0.05),and the relative risks(RRs)were 1.032 and 1.069,respectively.Conclusions:Depression in patients receiving hemodialysis is worse.Moreover,baseline depression is an independent predictor of outcomes.Patients receiving hemodialysis should be focused on improving their psychological complications.A systematic and individual psychological health promotion plan must also be incorporated into the health education plan for patients receiving hemodialysis.展开更多
目的:探索中国中老年人听力损失与抑郁症状的纵向关联,为中老年人抑郁的预防提供依据。方法:采用中国健康与养老追踪调查(China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study,CHARLS)2011至2020年中参加2次及以上的受访者数据。听力损失...目的:探索中国中老年人听力损失与抑郁症状的纵向关联,为中老年人抑郁的预防提供依据。方法:采用中国健康与养老追踪调查(China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study,CHARLS)2011至2020年中参加2次及以上的受访者数据。听力损失通过自我报告进行评估,抑郁症状通过简版流调用抑郁自评量表(CESD-10)量表进行测量。采用K-M曲线和log-rank检验比较不同分组间发生抑郁症状的风险。采用Cox比例风险回归模型探索听力损失与抑郁症状的纵向关联。结果:研究共纳入12 952例研究对象。基线时1 416(10.9%)例研究对象自报听力损失。在中位随访时间为5.42年的随访中,5 498例研究对象出现抑郁症状。在未调整模型中,基线时的听力损失组发生抑郁症状的风险是无听力损失组的1.34倍(P<0.05),逐步调整社会人口学因素、行为生活方式因素及健康相关因素后,基线时的听力损失仍是抑郁症状的危险因素(HR=1.21,95%CI=1.10~1.34)。结论:听力损失会增加抑郁症状的发生风险,对听力损失进行干预可有效降低抑郁症状的发生。展开更多
While the existence of social inequality in health in childhood as well as among adults is well established, research of mechanisms underlying this inequality is still sparse. The study aim was to report on the develo...While the existence of social inequality in health in childhood as well as among adults is well established, research of mechanisms underlying this inequality is still sparse. The study aim was to report on the development of self-rated health and depressive symptoms from age 15 to18 years in a cohort study of Danish adolescents. Methods: The cohort comprised 3,681 individuals born in 1989, 3058 individuals answered the baseline questionnaire in 2004, and 2400 responded to a follow-up questionnaire in 2007, with 2181 individuals participating in both rounds (59% of the original cohort). Social background information of the participants was derived from a national register. For the analysis two variables indicating change in the two health indicators was computed by subtracting the 2007 levels of the variables from the levels experienced in 2004. Results: After 3 years, mean self-rated health (SRH) deteriorated slightly in adolescents (-0.24;95% CI = -0.28 to -0.19) across all socioeconomic status (SES) groups and depressive symptoms increased (0.64;95% CI = 0.52 to 0.75). High household income was protective for decrease in SRH (0.62;0.43 - 0.91). Negative lifestyle changes were associated with poorer SRH and more depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Self-rated health and depressive symptoms changed to the worse among Danish adolescents from age 15 to 18 years. Negative changes in several lifestyle factors were found to accompany the deterioration of health. This result stresses the intrinsic relationship between lifestyle changes and health and the possible positive effect of maintaining and enhancing positive lifestyle factors.展开更多
Hypo-peritectic steels are widely used in various industrial fields because of their high strength,high toughness,high processability,high weldability,and low material cost.However,surface defects are liable to occur ...Hypo-peritectic steels are widely used in various industrial fields because of their high strength,high toughness,high processability,high weldability,and low material cost.However,surface defects are liable to occur during continuous casting,which includes depression,longitudinal cracks,deep oscillation marks,and severe level fluctuation with slag entrapment.The high-efficiency production of hypo-peritectic steels by continuous casting is still a great challenge due to the limited understanding of the mechanism of peritectic solidification.This work reviews the definition and classification of hypo-peritectic steels and introduces the formation tendency of common surface defects related to peritectic solidification.New achievements in the mechanism of peritectic reaction and transformation have been listed.Finally,countermeasures to avoiding surface defects of hypo-peritectic steels duiring continuous casting are summarized.Enlightening certain points in the continuous casting of hypo-peritectic steels and the development of new techniques to overcome the present problems will be a great aid to researchers.展开更多
文摘Background:Valid and reliable measures of depressive symptoms are crucial for understanding risk factors,outcomes,and interventions across rural and urban settings.Despite this need,the longitudinal invariance of these measures over time remains understudied.This research explores the structural components of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-D)and examines its consistency across various living environments and temporal stability in a cohort of Chinese teenagers.Method:In the initial phase,1,042 adolescents furnished demographic details and undertook the CES-D assessment.After a three-month interval,967 of these participants repeated the CES-D evaluation.The study employed Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)to scrutinize the scale’s structural integrity.We investigated factorial invariance by conducting a twopronged CFA:one comparing urban vs.rural backgrounds,and another contrasting the results from the initial assessment with those from the follow-up.Results:The CES-D demonstrated adequate reliability in both rural and urban high school student samples.The preliminary four-factor model applied to the CES-D demonstrated a good fit with the collected data.Invariance tests,including multigroup analyses comparing rural and urban samples and longitudinal assessments,confirmed the scale’s invariance.Conclusions:The results suggest that the CES-D serves as a reliable instrument for evaluating depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.Its applicability is consistent across different living environments and remains stable over time.
文摘Screening for elders at risk for depression is crucial for promoting mental health in later life. The present study investigates the cutoff score of a short form of the CES-D for screening of depressive symptoms in the elderly population of Taiwan. This particular short form of CES-D is repeatedly used in the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA), a national survey of representative older adults in Taiwan, and is therefore referred to as the TLSA form. Data collected from five waves of TLSA were analyzed in this study. Participant responses repeatedly measured in 1989 and 1993 were used to identify a cutoff for the TLSA form of the CES-D with sensitivity and specificity using the cutoff of 4 on the Boston form of the CES-D as the criterion. Longitudinal data from the years 1996, 1999, and 2003 were used to validate the proposed cutoff by comparing the prevalence rates for depressive symptoms among older Taiwan Residents estimated from the identified cutoff and reported in previous studies. The score of 10 on the TLSA form of the CES-D was suggested, yielding a specificity of 0.93 and a sensitivity of approximately 0.96. The estimated prevalence rates for depressive symptoms among Taiwan Residents elders based on the suggested cutoff were between 18.9% and 23.7%, which are similar to previously reported rates. The cutoff score of 10 on the TLSA form of the CES-D is therefore recommended for screening depressive symptoms among older adults in Taiwan.
基金supported by the Shaanxi Natural Science Basic Research Plan Project(No.2021JM-498)。
文摘Objective:Depression appears to be common among the patients with end-stage renal disease(ESRD).Therefore,how to comprehensively analyze the changes in depression and its impact on patient outcomes is an impor tant research direction.The objectives of this study were to assess changes in depression and whether depression can be used to predict outcomes in patients receiving hemodialysis.Methods:In a longitudinal study,317 patients receiving hemodialysis from two hospitals were investigated.Depression was assessed using the Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMDS)at baseline.Outcomes data(survival and mor tality)were collected from baseline to the end of follow-up 2 years later.Mor tality was assessed using Cox propor tional hazards analysis.Results:The HAMDS score and percentage of high scores increased at three time points.Moreover,the changes were statistically significant.Surviving patients had significantly lower HAMDS scores.Through multivariate Cox regression analysis,age and depression can be used to predict mor tality(P<0.05),and the relative risks(RRs)were 1.032 and 1.069,respectively.Conclusions:Depression in patients receiving hemodialysis is worse.Moreover,baseline depression is an independent predictor of outcomes.Patients receiving hemodialysis should be focused on improving their psychological complications.A systematic and individual psychological health promotion plan must also be incorporated into the health education plan for patients receiving hemodialysis.
文摘目的:探索中国中老年人听力损失与抑郁症状的纵向关联,为中老年人抑郁的预防提供依据。方法:采用中国健康与养老追踪调查(China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study,CHARLS)2011至2020年中参加2次及以上的受访者数据。听力损失通过自我报告进行评估,抑郁症状通过简版流调用抑郁自评量表(CESD-10)量表进行测量。采用K-M曲线和log-rank检验比较不同分组间发生抑郁症状的风险。采用Cox比例风险回归模型探索听力损失与抑郁症状的纵向关联。结果:研究共纳入12 952例研究对象。基线时1 416(10.9%)例研究对象自报听力损失。在中位随访时间为5.42年的随访中,5 498例研究对象出现抑郁症状。在未调整模型中,基线时的听力损失组发生抑郁症状的风险是无听力损失组的1.34倍(P<0.05),逐步调整社会人口学因素、行为生活方式因素及健康相关因素后,基线时的听力损失仍是抑郁症状的危险因素(HR=1.21,95%CI=1.10~1.34)。结论:听力损失会增加抑郁症状的发生风险,对听力损失进行干预可有效降低抑郁症状的发生。
文摘While the existence of social inequality in health in childhood as well as among adults is well established, research of mechanisms underlying this inequality is still sparse. The study aim was to report on the development of self-rated health and depressive symptoms from age 15 to18 years in a cohort study of Danish adolescents. Methods: The cohort comprised 3,681 individuals born in 1989, 3058 individuals answered the baseline questionnaire in 2004, and 2400 responded to a follow-up questionnaire in 2007, with 2181 individuals participating in both rounds (59% of the original cohort). Social background information of the participants was derived from a national register. For the analysis two variables indicating change in the two health indicators was computed by subtracting the 2007 levels of the variables from the levels experienced in 2004. Results: After 3 years, mean self-rated health (SRH) deteriorated slightly in adolescents (-0.24;95% CI = -0.28 to -0.19) across all socioeconomic status (SES) groups and depressive symptoms increased (0.64;95% CI = 0.52 to 0.75). High household income was protective for decrease in SRH (0.62;0.43 - 0.91). Negative lifestyle changes were associated with poorer SRH and more depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Self-rated health and depressive symptoms changed to the worse among Danish adolescents from age 15 to 18 years. Negative changes in several lifestyle factors were found to accompany the deterioration of health. This result stresses the intrinsic relationship between lifestyle changes and health and the possible positive effect of maintaining and enhancing positive lifestyle factors.
基金financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.FRF-TP-19-017A3)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51874026)。
文摘Hypo-peritectic steels are widely used in various industrial fields because of their high strength,high toughness,high processability,high weldability,and low material cost.However,surface defects are liable to occur during continuous casting,which includes depression,longitudinal cracks,deep oscillation marks,and severe level fluctuation with slag entrapment.The high-efficiency production of hypo-peritectic steels by continuous casting is still a great challenge due to the limited understanding of the mechanism of peritectic solidification.This work reviews the definition and classification of hypo-peritectic steels and introduces the formation tendency of common surface defects related to peritectic solidification.New achievements in the mechanism of peritectic reaction and transformation have been listed.Finally,countermeasures to avoiding surface defects of hypo-peritectic steels duiring continuous casting are summarized.Enlightening certain points in the continuous casting of hypo-peritectic steels and the development of new techniques to overcome the present problems will be a great aid to researchers.