The association between glaucoma and risk of depression: a nationwide population-based cohort study

The association between glaucoma and risk of depression: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Abstract Background Previous cross-sectional studies revealed a higher prevalence of depression among glaucoma patients. However, cohort studies were in lack to build the risk of incident depression after the diagnosis of glaucoma. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between glau...

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Main Authors: Yu-Yen Chen, Yun-Ju Lai, Jen-Pang Wang, Ying-Cheng Shen, Chun-Yuan Wang, Hsin-Hua Chen, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Pesus Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Glaucoma
Depression
Risk factors
National Health Insurance Research Database
Cohort study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0811-5

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