The Association Between Health Literacy and Depressive Symptoms With the Mediation Role of Family Health and Perceived Social Support in Older Adults: A Nationwide Cross‐Sectional Study in China
Health literacy is negatively associated with depressive symptoms in Chinese older adults and could be considered as a focus for intervention strategies. Enhancing health literacy may improve family health and perceived social support, and potentially lower depressive symptoms.
Authors
- Jie Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-3914)
- Weiming Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1561-2467)
- Zhengping Zhuang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-7370)
- Jiaxin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4684-9355)
- Yifei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-8147)
- Jue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8799-5941)
- Xiali Yang
- Zhen Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8793-5189)
- Guangbo Luo
- Shiying Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9129-5152)
- Bin Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0931-1393)
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Second Military Medical University (CN)
- Shantou University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shantou University Medical College (CN)
- Shenzhen Science Museum (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.70134
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00