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The ten-year evolution of factors predicting depressive symptoms among the Chinese elderly: an analysis based on the random forest model

Published Online: 2026-01-06

Published Print: 2026-01

Authors

Wang, Jun

Chen, Shufeng

Wang, Yiwen

Sun, Guoxiao https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1436-0472
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Social Science Fund of China (23FTYB003)

Shandong Province Key R&D Program Soft Science Project (2024RKY0701)
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Article History

Received: 3 December 2024

Accepted: 20 October 2025

First Online: 6 January 2026

Declarations

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: The CHARLS adhered to ethical standards that align with the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval to interview respondents and collect data from the Biomedical Ethics Review Committee of Peking University (IRB00001052–11015). All the participants signed the informed consent at the time of participation.

: Not applicable. This study does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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