Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depressive symptoms are a common complication in patients with cataracts and may exacerbate cataract symptoms. Therefore, it is important to focus on depressive symptoms and their influencing factors in older people with cataracts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate of depressive symptoms and influencing factors in Chinese older people with cataracts.

Methods

Descriptive analyses were used to report the sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, health status, and depressive symptoms of old people with cataracts in China. The chi-square test was used to compare differences between subjects with different demographic characteristics. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the factors that influenced the depressive symptoms of

SUBMITTER: Niu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11813796 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature