Association between visual impairment and depression in the elderly

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-90

  Tai, Su Ying ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^b   Hsu, Wen Ming ^b   Su, Tung Ping Tom ^b   Liu, Jorn Hon ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037966472     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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