Anxiety and depression in Chinese patients with glaucoma and its correlations with vision-related quality of life and visual function indices: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate anxiety and depression in patients with glaucoma and its correlations with vision-related quality of life (VR-QoL) and visual function indices.

Design

A hospital-based, cross-sectional study.

Setting

Shanghai, China PARTICIPANTS: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) were administered to 446 Chinese patients with glaucoma to assess their psychological disorders, namely anxiety and depression, and VR-QoL, respectively.

Outcome measures

Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected at the same time. Multivariate linear regression analysis was carried out to investigate the associations between VR-QoL, visual function indices and psychological diso

SUBMITTER: Wu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8860023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature