The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.

Sunlight has been reported to have various beneficial effects on human health. Although research indicates an association between sunlight exposure and depressive symptoms, no study has examined it among the older adult population, especially among elderly Chinese women. This cross-sectional study a...

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Autores principales:	Yufei Cui, Qiang Gong, Cong Huang, Feng Guo, Wang Li, Yongxiang Wang, Xin Cheng
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b2b95fd8d23547ff8b755413a0a67a852021-12-02T20:09:08ZThe relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254856https://doaj.org/article/b2b95fd8d23547ff8b755413a0a67a852021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254856https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Sunlight has been reported to have various beneficial effects on human health. Although research indicates an association between sunlight exposure and depressive symptoms, no study has examined it among the older adult population, especially among elderly Chinese women. This cross-sectional study addresses the aforesaid gap by investigating this association in 1,429 Chinese women aged 60 years and older. Information on their sunlight exposure was collected through a self-reported questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The logistic regression models revealed that greater exposure to sunlight is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms. In the final adjusted model, when the short sunlight exposure category (reference) was compared with the medium and long ones, the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the prevalence of depressive symptoms (SDS cutoff ≥ 45) were 0.84 (0.60, 1.19) and 0.62 (0.43, 0.91), respectively (p-value for trend = 0.01). This significant association did not change when the SDS cutoff points were altered to ≥ 40 and ≥ 50. Findings indicate that an increased sunlight exposure duration is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly women.Yufei CuiQiang GongCong HuangFeng GuoWang LiYongxiang WangXin ChengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254856 (2021)
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description	Sunlight has been reported to have various beneficial effects on human health. Although research indicates an association between sunlight exposure and depressive symptoms, no study has examined it among the older adult population, especially among elderly Chinese women. This cross-sectional study addresses the aforesaid gap by investigating this association in 1,429 Chinese women aged 60 years and older. Information on their sunlight exposure was collected through a self-reported questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The logistic regression models revealed that greater exposure to sunlight is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms. In the final adjusted model, when the short sunlight exposure category (reference) was compared with the medium and long ones, the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the prevalence of depressive symptoms (SDS cutoff ≥ 45) were 0.84 (0.60, 1.19) and 0.62 (0.43, 0.91), respectively (p-value for trend = 0.01). This significant association did not change when the SDS cutoff points were altered to ≥ 40 and ≥ 50. Findings indicate that an increased sunlight exposure duration is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly women.
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author	Yufei Cui Qiang Gong Cong Huang Feng Guo Wang Li Yongxiang Wang Xin Cheng
author_facet	Yufei Cui Qiang Gong Cong Huang Feng Guo Wang Li Yongxiang Wang Xin Cheng
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title	The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.
title_short	The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.
title_full	The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.
title_fullStr	The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.
title_full_unstemmed	The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.
title_sort	relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study on elderly chinese women.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b2b95fd8d23547ff8b755413a0a67a85
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The relationship between sunlight exposure duration and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study on elderly Chinese women.

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