Visual impairment and risk of depression: A longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 2083 - 8
• Main Authors: Choi, Hyo Geun, Lee, Min Joung, Lee, Sang-Mok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/699/3161/3178; 692/699/476/1414; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Blindness; Child; Child, Preschool; Depression - epidemiology; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hypertension; Income; Infant; Male; Mental depression; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Republic of Korea; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Vision Disorders - complications; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Visual impairment

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 the present study, we evaluated the influence of visual impairment on depression in all age groups using a longitudinal da...