| Literature DB >> 26222114 |
Marina Viegas Moura Rezende Ribeiro1, Hermann Nogueira Hasten-Reiter Júnior1, Eurica Adélia Nogueira Ribeiro1, Mario Jorge Jucá1, Fabiano Timbó Barbosa1, Célio Fernando de Sousa-Rodrigues1.
Abstract
A systematic review was conducted to investigate the relationship between visual impairment and depression in the elderly. We searched electronic databases (LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from inception to August 2014 and researched the described references. The search strategy used the following terms: (visual impairment or blindness) and (elderly) and (depression). Of the 641 electronics, 42 works were selected in full and another 20 were identified as being possibly relevant. Ten studies were included. The studies ranged in sample size from 31 to 21,995 participants. Depression was associated with visual impairment in all studies; however, without standardization of diagnostic tests, we could not conduct a meta-analysis or establish a relationship between visual impairment and depression in the elderly.Entities:
Mesh：
Year: 2015 PMID： 26222114 DOI： 10.5935/0004-2749.20150051
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arq Bras Oftalmol ISSN： 0004-2749 Impact factor: 0.872