Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey

BackgroundDepressive symptoms are a common complication in patients with cataracts and may exacerbate cataract symptoms. Therefore, it is important to focus on depressive symptoms and their influencing factors in older people with cataracts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalenc...

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Main Authors: Tengfei Niu, Shiwei Cao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaobing Xian, Chunyang Luo, Jingxi Ma
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
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Shiwei Cao
Xiaoyu Wang
Xiaobing Xian
Chunyang Luo
Jingxi Ma
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description BackgroundDepressive symptoms are a common complication in patients with cataracts and may exacerbate cataract symptoms. Therefore, it is important to focus on depressive symptoms and their influencing factors in older people with cataracts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate of depressive symptoms and influencing factors in Chinese older people with cataracts.MethodsDescriptive analyses were used to report the sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, health status, and depressive symptoms of old people with cataracts in China. The chi-square test was used to compare differences between subjects with different demographic characteristics. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the factors that influenced the depressive symptoms of cataract patients. Meanwhile, a random forest model was developed in this study to rank the importance of the influencing factors.ResultsThree hundred and six (25.27%) of 1,211 cataract patients included in this study suffered from depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analysis suggested that poor economic situation (AOR = 3.162, 95%CI: 1.719–5.817), social participation (AOR = 1.530, 95%CI: 1.053–2.222), having hearing disorder (AOR = 1.445, 95%CI: 1.040–2.008), poor self-reported health status (AOR = 2.646, 95%CI: 1.705–4.106), poor life satisfaction (AOR = 3.586, 95%CI: 1.652–7.784) were risk factors for depressive symptoms in cataract patients and consumption of fresh fruits (AOR = 0.587, 95%CI: 0.369–0.933) was a protective factor for depressive symptoms in cataract patients. The results of the random forest showed that self-reported health status was the most important factor influencing depressive symptoms in cataract patients. The other factors, in order of importance, were life satisfaction, economic situation, fruits, hearing disorder, and social participation.ConclusionThe results suggested that the development of depressive symptoms in cataract patients was influenced by various factors. Medical staff should monitor these influencing factors more closely when treating and caring for patients with cataracts.
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spelling doaj-art-0c0aff5882bd44dbb8aa48d279c117202025-01-29T05:21:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-01-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.15042751504275Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional surveyTengfei Niu0Shiwei Cao1Xiaoyu Wang2Xiaobing Xian3Chunyang Luo4Jingxi Ma5Department of Basic Courses, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, ChinaThe Second Clinical College, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of Paediatrics, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaThirteenth People’s Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaBackgroundDepressive symptoms are a common complication in patients with cataracts and may exacerbate cataract symptoms. Therefore, it is important to focus on depressive symptoms and their influencing factors in older people with cataracts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate of depressive symptoms and influencing factors in Chinese older people with cataracts.MethodsDescriptive analyses were used to report the sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, health status, and depressive symptoms of old people with cataracts in China. The chi-square test was used to compare differences between subjects with different demographic characteristics. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the factors that influenced the depressive symptoms of cataract patients. Meanwhile, a random forest model was developed in this study to rank the importance of the influencing factors.ResultsThree hundred and six (25.27%) of 1,211 cataract patients included in this study suffered from depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analysis suggested that poor economic situation (AOR = 3.162, 95%CI: 1.719–5.817), social participation (AOR = 1.530, 95%CI: 1.053–2.222), having hearing disorder (AOR = 1.445, 95%CI: 1.040–2.008), poor self-reported health status (AOR = 2.646, 95%CI: 1.705–4.106), poor life satisfaction (AOR = 3.586, 95%CI: 1.652–7.784) were risk factors for depressive symptoms in cataract patients and consumption of fresh fruits (AOR = 0.587, 95%CI: 0.369–0.933) was a protective factor for depressive symptoms in cataract patients. The results of the random forest showed that self-reported health status was the most important factor influencing depressive symptoms in cataract patients. The other factors, in order of importance, were life satisfaction, economic situation, fruits, hearing disorder, and social participation.ConclusionThe results suggested that the development of depressive symptoms in cataract patients was influenced by various factors. Medical staff should monitor these influencing factors more closely when treating and caring for patients with cataracts.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1504275/fullcataractsdepressive symptomsolder peopleCLHLSrandom forest
spellingShingle Tengfei Niu
Shiwei Cao
Xiaoyu Wang
Xiaobing Xian
Chunyang Luo
Jingxi Ma
Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
Frontiers in Public Health
cataracts
depressive symptoms
older people
CLHLS
random forest
title Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
title_full Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
title_fullStr Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
title_full_unstemmed Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
title_short Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey
title_sort depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in china a national cross sectional survey
topic cataracts
depressive symptoms
older people
CLHLS
random forest
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1504275/full
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