中图分类号：R195.4 文献标志码：A DOI： 10.3969/j .issn.1003-1383.2025.04.011

    A study on association between pain and depression in elderly chronic disease patients in China

    (1a. Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery[ Wound Repair Department]，1b. Nursing Department，

    1. the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University，Nanning 53OO21， Guangxi， China;

    2.Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery，the Second Afliated Hospitalof Guilin Medical University， Guilin 541199， Guangxi， China；3. Department of Oral and Otorhinolaryngology，Affiliated WumingHospital ofGuangxi Medical University，Wuming 53o199，Guangxi，China)

    【Abstract】ObjectiveTo explore associationbetweenpainand depressive symptoms in elderly people with chronic diseases，and to asssthe impact of pain on the risk of depressve symptoms.MethodsBased onthe2O20 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)data，anempiricalanalysiswasconducted，andacross-sectional analysiswas conductedon7211 elderlypeople with chronic diseases who were aged 6Oandabove.The study population were divided into depression group ( n=3133 )and non-depression group( n=4078 )based on their depressive status ......