The impact of cataract surgery on depression among older adults

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 303-313

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c,d   Li, Jian ^a   McNeal, Sandre ^d   Owsley, Cynthia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Depression; Elderly patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ALABAMA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0345377751     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.5.303.17323     Document Type: Article

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