
Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025
Background Existing literature suggests that school bullying can have long‐lasting effects on mental health, but its specific impact late‐life depression remain underexplored. This study aims to investigate the association between early‐life experiences and symptoms in old age variations by sex, place of residence educational level. Method Data were derived from Life History Survey China Health Retirement Longitudinal Study 2014, including 4333 older adults aged ≥60 years. School was assessed basis self‐reported during childhood. Depression measured using Center for Epidemiologic Studies Scale‐10. Poisson regression analyses performed examine relationship experience depression. Results Of respondents, 607 (14%) reported being bullied childhood, 1274 (29.4%) exhibited Older who experienced 1.17 times more likely exhibit compared with those without such (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.173; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.027–1.3390). prominent among women (PR, 1.284; CI, 1.093–1.475), rural residents 1.477; 1.210–1.803) education at primary level 1.172; 1.017–1.352). The results remained robust an alternative cutoff after imputing all missing data. Conclusion Early‐life is a significant risk factor later life, particularly pronounced women, lower levels. These findings highlight need targeted health interventions individuals history mitigate long‐term psychological effects. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2025; ••: ••–•• .
Язык: Английский