Visual impairment is associated with physical and mental comorbidities in older adults: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Court, Helen ^a   McLean, Gary ^b   Guthrie, Bruce ^c   Mercer, Stewart W ^b   Smith, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b General Practice and Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Primary care; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; READ CODE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; VISION DISORDERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84988470764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0181-7     Document Type: Article

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