Screening for depression in low-vision elderly

Self‐reported visual difficulties in Europe and related factors: a European population‐based cross‐sectional survey

“…In parallel to socioeconomic aspects, social isolation, a variable defined by combining celibacy and inadequate financial support, was a related risk factor for vision problems in the univariate analyses. Our cross‐sectional study also supports previous published studies which reported an association between visual impairment and depression, particularly in the elderly population (Rovner et al 1997 ; Evans et al 2007 ; Goldstein et al 2012 ; Yip et al 2014 ; Ribeiro et al 2015 ; Van der Aa et al 2015 ; Yu et al 2019 ).…”

Frequency and Associated Risk Factors of Depression in Patients with Visual Impairment

“…Somewhat similar findings were observed in a previous study as well in which depressive symptoms was found 10 to be 42.5%. Somewhat similar findings other studies as 13,14 well. However, a lower prevalence was reported by Sewuese et The findings of the current study could be highlighted in the light of limitation that this study was a single center study with limited number of sample size.…”

Association of Perceived Discrimination With Emotional Well-being in Older Adults With Visual Impairment

“…In cross-sectional and prospective analyses, we found that individuals with poor eyesight who had experienced discrimination were twice as likely to have depressive symptoms above threshold. Previous studies have reported an association between visual impairment and depression, with some evidence suggesting that vision loss is associated with the onset of depression . Our results demonstrating a longitudinal association between discrimination and increased depressive symptoms among individuals with poor vision point to a potential role of perceived discrimination in the onset and maintenance of depression in this population group.…”