Visual Impairment Is Associated With Depressive Symptoms—Results From the Nationwide German DEGS1 Study

Visual Impairment Is Associated With Depressive Symptoms—Results From the Nationwide German DEGS1 Study

IntroductionVisual impairment (VI) is associated with a variety of comorbidities including physical and mental health in industrial countries. Our aim is to examine associations between self-reported impairment and depressive symptoms in the German population.MethodsThe point prevalence of self-repo...

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Main Authors: Alexander K. Schuster, Jonas Tesarz, Jasmin Rezapour, Manfred E. Beutel, Bernd Bertram, Norbert Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
epidemiology
visual impairment
depressive symptoms
Patient Health Questionnaire-9
reading
face recognition
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00114/full

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