| Rovner, 1996(2727 Rovner, B. W., Zisselman, P. M., & Shmuely-Dulitzki, Y. Depression
and disability in older people with impaired vision: a follow-up study. Journal of
the American Geriatrics Society. 1996;44(2):181-4.)
|
Panel study (2 year follow-up) |
Age, education, diseases, time of VI, depression,
disability |
Depression (GDS), disability (CD score) |
VI, disability |
Neither of other variables had association |
Small sample; only analyses distant VA, no specific
disability scale, cross-sectional |
| Rovner, 1998(1212 Rovner BW, Ganguli M. Depression and disability associated with impaired
vision: the MoVies Project. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46(5):617-9.)
|
Transversal |
Age, gender, education, race, VI, limitations in daily
activities |
Depression |
Disability |
Education |
Cross-sectional small sample |
| Ip, 2000(44 Ip SP, Leung YF, Mak WP. Depression in institutionalised older people
with impaired vision. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2000;15(12):1120-4.)
|
Transversal |
Age, time of institutionalization, duration of VI,
disability |
Depression |
Severity of VI |
Duration of blindness |
Not described |
| Tsai, 2003(2323 Tsai SY, Cheng CY, Hsu WM, Su TP, Liu JH, Chou P. Association between
visual impairment and depression in the elderly. J Formos Med Assoc.
2003;102(2):86-90.)
|
Population-based survey |
Age, education, |
Cardiovascular diseases, gender, VI, stroke, DM |
Age, gender, cardiovascular disease, stroke |
Education |
Lack of specialized psychiatric avaliation; other
diseases and medications not analyzed |
| Haymann, 2007(2121 Hayman KJ, Kerse NM, La Grow SJ, Wouldes T, Robertson MC, Campbell AJ.
Depression in older people: visual impairment and subjective ratings of health. Optom
Vis Sci. 2007;84(11):1024-30.)
|
Cross-sectional |
Age, gender, education, race, VI, instrumental activities
of daily living |
Depression (mCES-D) |
Physical function, visual function, anxiety |
Age, gender, living situation, ethnicity,
antidepressant |
Cross sectional; not enough participants, over reported
disability |
| Evans, 2007(2424 Evans JR, Fletcher AE, Wormald RP. Depression and anxiety in visually
impaired older people. Ophthalmology. 2007;114(2):283-8.)
|
Cross sectional |
Age, VA |
Depression, anxiety |
VI |
Anxiety |
Cross sectional |
| Tournier, 2008(2828 Tournier M, Moride Y, Ducruet T, Moshyk A, Rochon S. Depression and
mortality in the visually-impaired, community-dwelling, elderly population of Quebec.
Acta Ophthalmol. 2008;86(2):196-201.)
|
Retrospective fixed cohort study |
Age, chronic disease |
Depression mortality |
VI, previous history of depression |
Severity of vision loss |
Use of databases, Cohort based on the date of diagnosis,
VI may have started before, patients not followed regularly |
| Noran, 2009(2525 Noran NH, Izzuna MG, Bulgiba AM, Mimiwati Z, Ayu SM. Severity of visual
impairment and depression among elderly Malaysians. Asia Pac J Public Health.
2009;21(1):43-50.)
|
Transversal |
Age, gender, ethnic group, education, marital status, VI,
duration of VI |
Depression (GDS) |
Severity of VI, |
Don't describe |
Cross-sectional |
| Popescu, 2012(2222 Popescu ML, Boisjoly H, Schmaltz H, Kergoat MJ, Rousseau J,
Moghadaszadeh S, et al. Explaining the relationship between three eye diseases and
depressive symptoms in older adults. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.
2012;53(4):2308-13.)
|
Cohort |
Age, binocular VA, visual field, mini mental score, life
space assessment |
Depression |
ARMD, glaucoma, and Fuchs distrophy |
Mean age, ethnicity |
Not longitudinal, depression limit in GDS was 5.0 |
| Carriere, 2013(2626 Carrière I, Delcourt C, Daien V, Pérès K, Féart C, Berr C, et al. A
prospective study of the bi-directional association between vision loss and
depression in the elderly. J Affect Disord. 2013;151(1):164-70.)
|
Cohort |
VI, socio-demographic, and clinical variables |
Depression |
Baseline loss |
2-year decrease in distance VA |
Functional vision was poorly measured |
