BACKGROUND To our knowledge, no study has obtained specific estimates of depression
for young and middle-aged adults with visual impairment (VI). As estimates of depression …

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether depression is
associated with vision impairment (VI) in population-based studies in adults. MEDLINE and …

Background Knowledge about the high rates of depression in people with visual impairment
(VI) remains unclear. The study aimed to examine whether depressive symptoms in people …

Background The established relationship between vision impairment and depression is
limited by the examination of depression only as a unidimensional construct. The present …

Objective To identify the risk factors for significant depressive symptoms in people with
visual impairment in England and Wales to provide information on who is most at risk and to …

Importance This study provides further evidence from a national sample to generalize the
relationship between depression and vision loss to adults across the age spectrum. Better …

The association of visual impairment and depression has been investigated in several
studies based on a cross-sectional design, which cannot delineate temporal relationships. In …

Background Increasing visual impairment (VI) with age has been associated with mental
health problems but the question of temporal direction and reverse causality has not been …

Aims To assess the association between visual impairment (VI) and subsequent presence of
depressive symptoms among older persons. Methods Of the 3654 baseline participants …

Background With deteriorating eyesight, people often become dependent on others for
many aspects of their daily lives. As a result, they feel less 'in control'and experience lower …