Background Depression and anxiety are common in visually impaired and blind adults, but
often remain untreated in those who receive support from low vision service (LVS) …

Purpose: To describe the process of implementing a screening questionnaire for depression
and anxiety, the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), in low-vision service (LVS) …

Purpose Community optometrists, through routine eye examinations, identify patients with
disease or ocular abnormalities requiring referral to the Hospital Eye Service. In many cases …

Purpose Two training programmes about depression and anxiety in adults with vision
impairment were developed to support eye care practitioners (ECPs) and low vision service …

Purpose Healthcare providers often experience difficulties in discussing depression with
adults with visual impairment (VI), obstructing timely referral. The purpose of this study was …

This cross-sectional study investigated the health-related and vision-related quality of life
measures of adults with low vision compared to healthy individuals in Trinidad and Tobago …

Depression and anxiety are common in people with congenital and acquired vision
impairment but often go unaddressed. Staff from a variety of professions and roles in the …

Depression is prevalent in people with low vision and is often not acknowledged or treated.
Eye care practitioners are well placed to identify suspected depression and refer patients for …

Research indicates that weight loss surgery (WLS) is the most effective and cost-effective
treatment for obesity and weight-related comorbidities. However, twenty percent of …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in the
United States with a disease burden that is associated with numerous adverse outcomes …