Association between dry eye and depressive symptoms in an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study
| Autor: | Catherine Jiu Ling Liu, Tung Mei Kuang, Pesus Chou, Shui Mei Lee, Su Ying Tsai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
China Taiwan Meibomian gland Disease Article Quality of life Internal medicine Epidemiology Medicine Humans Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Depression General Arts and Humanities Odds ratio Sensory Systems Confidence interval eye diseases Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Eye examination Quality of Life Dry Eye Syndromes business |
| Zdroj: | Eye (Lond) |
| ISSN: | 1476-5454 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Dry eye may impact quality of life and daily activities and depression is a widespread illness. Many studies showed the two diseases often coexist. However, studies were limited to retrospective chart review. This study aimed to investigate the association between dry eye and depressive symptoms in an older Asian population. METHODS: The Shihpai Eye Study was a community-based, cross-sectional survey of vision and eye diseases among noninstitutionalized subjects 65 years of age and older in Shihpai, Taipei, Taiwan. Residents fulfilling these criteria were randomly selected to be invited to participate in the study, which included a questionnaire and an eye examination conducted between July 1, 1999 and December 31, 2000. RESULTS: Of the 2045 subjects recruited, 1361 (66.6%) completed the examination. 8.8% (95% confidence interval (CI): 7.3–10.3%) of the participants were diagnosed to have depressive symptoms. Under multivariate analysis, depressive symptoms were significantly associated with frequent symptoms of dry eye (odds ratio (OR): 1.97, 95% CI: 1.36–2.92; p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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