Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/62730, first published .
The Association Between Posting WeChat Moments and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Prospective National Cohort Study

The Association Between Posting WeChat Moments and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Prospective National Cohort Study

The Association Between Posting WeChat Moments and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Prospective National Cohort Study

Wei Wang   1 * , MMed ;   Hui Wang   2 * , BM ;   Xinru Hu   3 , BSc ;   Qian Yu   4 , MSc ;   Fangyi Chen   3 , BM ;   Xirui Qiu   5 , BM ;   Xiaoxiao Wang   6 , PhD

1 GCP Center, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, China

2 Public Health Service Center of Nanjing Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, China

3 Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

4 Department of Science and Technology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, China

5 Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, China

6 Clinical Research Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, China

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Xiaoxiao Wang, PhD
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