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Examining the association between neck pain and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

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Published Online: 2026-02-24

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Authors

Huang, Jie

Xu, Shuai

Li, Hongzhen

Xia, Weiwei

Liu, Chenjun

Liu, Haiying
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Beijing Natural Science Foundation (L242165)

National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFB4703000)

Major Health Special Project of the Ministry of Finance of China (2127000277)
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Article History

Received: 22 April 2025

Accepted: 17 February 2026

First Online: 24 February 2026

Declarations

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: This study is a secondary analysis based on the CHARLS, which was approved by the Biomedical Ethics Review Committee of Peking University (IRB001052-11015). All participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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