Depression and quality of life in patients with glaucoma: A cross-sectional analysis using the geriatric depression scale-15, assessment of function related to vision, and the glaucoma quality of life-15

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 546-551

  Skalicky, Simon ^a,b,c   Goldberg, Ivan ^a,b,c  

^a Eye Associates   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Glaucoma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 58149347470     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318163bdd1     Document Type: Article

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