Association between visual impairment and risk of suicide: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Suicide is an important public health problem. Well-established risk factors of suicide include depression, family history of mental disorders, substance problem, chronic physical illness, and others. Sensory impairment, especially visual impairment (VI), has a critical impact on both mental and physical health. However, the association between VI and risk of suicide has not been thoroughly investigated and remains controversial. Our aim is to systematically review and meta-analyze the current evidence on the association between VI and risk of suicide and to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the association.

Methods and analysis

We aim to search PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library to identify all population-based studies on the association between VI a

SUBMITTER: Kim CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096229 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature