Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-17-2019
Abstract
Objective To identify the risk factors for significant depressive symptoms in people with visual impairment in England and Wales to provide information on who is most at risk and to whom support services could be targeted in future. Design A cross-sectional study using baseline data from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Setting and participants 990 participants aged 18 or over attending 1 of 14 low-vision rehabilitation primary care optometry-based clinics in South Wales or two hospital clinics in London. Outcome measure A score of ≥6 on the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 was classed as clinically significant depressive symptoms. Results In a multivariable logistic regression model, significant depressive symptoms were associated with age (adjusted OR (AOR)=0.82, 95% CI: 0.66 to 0.90, p<0.001), ethnicity (AOR non-white compared with white=1.72, 95% CI: 1.05 to 2.81, p=0.031), total number of eye conditions (AOR for two vs one condition=0.98, 95% CI: 0.67 to 1.43; three or more vs one condition=0.34, 95% CI: 0.15 to 0.75, p=0.026), self-reported health (AOR for excellent vs poor=0.01, 95% CI: 0.00 to 0.12; very good vs poor=0.06, 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.13; good vs poor=0.14, 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.24; fair vs poor=0.28, 95% CI: 0.18 to 0.46, p<0.001) and self-reported visual functioning (AOR=1.45, 95% CI: 1.31 to 1.61, p<0.001). Conclusion Younger age, a non-white ethnicity, fewer eye conditions and poorer self-reported health and visual function are risk factors for significant depressive symptoms in this population. Trial registration number ISRCTN46824140; Pre-results. © © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Recommended Citation
Nollett, Claire; Ryan, Barbara; Bray, Nathan; Bunce, Catey; Casten, Robin J.; Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor; Gillespie, David; Smith, Daniel J.; Stanford, Miles; and Margrain, Tom H., "Depressive symptoms in people with vision impairment: A cross-sectional study to identify who is most at risk" (2019). Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers. Paper 32.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/phbfp/32
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Language
English
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in BMJ Open, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2019, Article number e026163.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026163. Copyright © Nollett et al.