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Equivalence test and cross-lagged analysis of APIM were used for statistical examination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 224 valid questionnaires were collected in this study, yielding an effective recovery rate of 97.31%. Across the measurement stages, both patients and their spouses exhibited a decreasing trend in scores for fear of disease recurrence and depressive symptoms. The subjective effect analysis revealed that, in elderly patients with postoperative adjacent vertebral refracture, fear of disease recurrence significantly and positively predicted depressive symptoms at the subsequent stage (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.18, T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.17, p&lt;0.01), while spouses\u2019 fear of disease recurrence similarly predicted their own depressive symptoms in the following stage (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.16, T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.17, p&lt;0.01). The main effect analysis indicated that patients\u2019 depressive symptoms significantly predicted their own subsequent fear of disease recurrence (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.21, T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.20, p&lt;0.001), and spouses\u2019 depressive symptoms likewise predicted their own subsequent fear of disease recurrence (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.20, p&lt;0.001; T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.18, p&lt;0.01). Furthermore, the partner (or cross) effects were significant, with patients\u2019 depressive symptoms positively predicting their spouses\u2019 depressive symptoms in the next stage (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.21, T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.20, p&lt;0.001), and spouses\u2019 depressive symptoms similarly predicting patients\u2019 depressive symptoms in the following stage (T1\u2192T2: \u03b2=0.17, T2\u2192T3: \u03b2=0.16, all p&lt;0.01).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It is recommended that medical staff prioritise the assessment and management of fear of disease recurrence and depressive symptoms in elderly patients with OVCF and their spouses, and strategically leverage the mutual influence between them to minimise depressive symptom levels as much as possible.<\/jats:p>\n                  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