Association between visual impairment and depression in the elderly: A systematic review

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-201

  Ribeiro, Marina Viegas Moura Rezende ^a   Hasten Reiter, Hermann Nogueira ^a   Ribeiro, Eurica Adélia Nogueira ^a   Jucá, Mario Jorge ^a   Barbosa, Fabiano Timbó ^a   de Sousa Rodrigues, Célio Fernando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Blindness; Depression; Vision loss; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLINDNESS; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; VISION DISORDERS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLINDNESS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84938087269     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20150051     Document Type: Review

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