Depression in older people: Visual impairment and subjective ratings of health

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1024-1030

  Hayman, Karen J ^a   Kerse, Ngaire M ^a   La Grow, Steven J ^b   Wouldes, Trecia ^a   Robertson, M Clare ^c   Campbell, A John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depression; Disablement; Older people; Physical disability; Visual disability; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION;

DEPRESSION; DISABLEMENT; OLDER PEOPLE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; VISUAL DISABILITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 36649035343     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318157a6b1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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