Inequalities in the association Between lifestyles and disability: prospective cohort studies in South Korea and China.

Drawing on data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (N=3,252) and the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (N=8,281) from 2008 to 2018, this study employed fixed-effects panel data regressions to examine the differential association between healthy lifestyles and disability across education, income, and place of residence. Our results indicate that adopting one more healthy lifestyle was associated with a 0.1-0.

Social support, cognition, and mental health among older people in China: A longitudinal life course study.

Research suggests that stronger social support systems across life stages facilitate continuous learning and emotional well-being, contributing to better cognition and mental health. However, evidence on the cumulative effect of social support over the life course remains scarce, and even less is known about the impact of broader neighborhood-level social support on individuals' cognition-a crucial dimension in many countries, where neighborhoods serve as key support units for individuals. Using data from 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2020 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we employed mediation analysis to explore how individual and neighborhood social support accumulated across life stages are associated with cognition and depression at older ages.

Can long-term care insurance reduce catastrophic health and long-term care expenditures among older adults? A quasi-experimental study in China.

Older adults with cognitive and/or physical limitations often face excessive health and long-term care (LTC) costs, which significantly affect their living standards. However, current measures of catastrophic health expenditure primarily focus on healthcare costs, overlooking the substantial burden of LTC costs. Our study is among the first to introduce the concept of catastrophic health and long-term care expenditures (CHLTCE) to comprehensively capture the economic burden of health and LTC costs associated with functional limitations.

The longitudinal relationship between night-time sleep duration, midday napping, and frailty among middle-aged and older people in China: a prospective analysis.

Background: Frailty is an important issue presented by ageing. Night-time sleep and midday napping are important modifiable factors influencing health, but their impacts on frailty remain unclear.

Methods: We used five waves of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011-20), with 15 333 participants in the baseline sample.

Does Social Health Insurance Influence Cognitive Impairments Among Older People? Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys in South Korea and China.

Significant differences exist in the coverage and target population of social health insurance between South Korea and China. This study investigated the effects of different types of social health insurance on cognition trajectories and survival of older people with cognitive impairments. Data were drawn from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging ( = 1812) and the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey ( = 1168) from 2008 to 2018.

Slipping Through the Gap: Exploring the Influence of Social Health Insurance on Access to Healthcare for Older Migrant Workers.

Older migrant workers (OMWs) frequently confront barriers to accessing care, as their Social Health Insurance (SHI) coverage may not extend beyond their hometown. This study seeks to investigate whether Chinese OMWs can still derive benefits from SHI in accessing healthcare services, even when their SHI is not registered in the same location as their current residence. This study used data from 2015 China Migrants Dynamic Survey and focused on OMWs aged 60 years and older ( = 3,050).

Inequalities in the Access to Health Services Among Older Migrants: Evidence From the China Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey.

To identify differences in healthcare use between older migrant workers (OMWs) and older migrants (OMs) and explore associated factors and paths of healthcare use. The data came from the 2015 China Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey (CMDMS). CMDMS used a multi-stage stratified probability proportionate to size method as the sampling technique and conducted a desk review.

Effects of negative emotions and information perceived value on residents' risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical survey from China.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly and heavily hit the globe, and the mutation and transmission speed of the coronavirus have accelerated so that the world is still in danger. Thus, this study aims to investigate the participants' risk perception and explore the associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with negative emotions, information value perception and other related dimensions.

Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based online survey was conducted from April 4 to 15, 2020, in China.

Association of socioeconomic status with glycated haemoglobin level and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy: a cross-sectional study in Sichuan, western China.

Objective: Diabetes affects 1 in 10 adults in China. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a diabetes-related complication that, if untreated, impairs vision and causes blindness. Evidence on DR diagnosis and risk factors is limited.

The economic burden of malaria inpatients and its determinants during China's elimination stage.

Background: Malaria burden is still worrisome, while empirical evidence from malaria-eliminated countries including China may provide inspiration for the world.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate China's malaria hospitalization costs and explore its determinants.

Methods: Stratified multistage sampling across provincial, municipal, and county hospitals was conducted in 2017.

The Association of Midday Napping With Hypertension Among Chinese Adults Older Than 45 Years: Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Hypertension is one of the main public health issues around worldwide, and midday napping is a popular habit. The association between the two remains to be explored.

Objective: The goal of the research was to explore the association of midday napping with hypertension.

Satisfaction as a Mediator and Its Interaction With Adherence to Labor Analgesia Protocols: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Chinese Medical Personnel.

Background: Although the Chinese promotion of labor analgesia began in 2018 to improve maternal health, high-quality medical care is difficult to provide to pregnant women when medical staff cannot implement standard labor analgesia procedures. This study aims to examine medical personnel's adherence to labor analgesia protocols and to explore the relationships among adherence, satisfaction, and other factors.

Methods: The data were from a national cross-sectional dataset ( = 13,944) of the 2020 Chinese Labor Analgesia Pilot Evaluation Project.

Preventive behaviours and family inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an international public health threat, and people's participation in disease-related preventive behaviours is the key to controlling infectious diseases. This study aimed to assess the differences in adopting preventive behaviours among populations to explore potential individual and household factors and inequalities within families.

Methods: This online survey was conducted in April 2020.

The migrating mediators and the interaction associated with the use of essential public health services: a cross-sectional study in Chinese older migrants.

Background: Despite the incremental implementation of the essential public health services (EPHS) during the last decade, the goal of EPHS's equalization is impossible to cannot be achieved without appropriate policies targeting older migrants. Therefore, this study aims to examine whether the supply side meets the needs of older migrants and to explore the relationships among health status, the use of health services, and diverse factors.

Methods: The data were derived from a national cross-sectional dataset (N = 11,161) of the 2015 Chinese Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey.

The Recommended and Excessive Preventive Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Community-Based Online Survey in China.

COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges to the global public health response. Preventive behaviors and keeping social distance are regarded as compelling ways to prevent COVID-19. This study focused on the sociological and psychological factors associated with proper and excessive preventive behaviors of the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

Social Support and Health Services Use in People Aged over 65 Years Migrating within China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Due to the household registration system, Chinese elderly migrants have insufficient access to health services and social support. Thus, this study examined the use of health services, the access to social support, and the interaction among the elderly migrating within China.

Methods: Data were obtained from the China Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2015, adopting probability proportionate to size as the sampling strategy.

Improving the utilization of essential public health services by Chinese elderly migrants: strategies and policy implication.

Background: The concept of healthy aging has become a global health strategy in response to the population aging. In China, old-aged migrants are facing serious health care challenges due to the obstacles in the utilization of health services, social integration and ignored public policies. We aimed to examine the old-aged migrants' utilization of the essential public health services and its underlying factors on account of change of residence, and social support.

The urban-rural disparity in the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among the elderly in China-a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of hypertension and to explore the disparities of its risk factors among urban and rural elderly.

Method: Data of hypertensive patients were collected from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015. Stratified sample households were selected from 450 villages or communities of 150 counties from 28 provinces.