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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 3227-3236Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/11206721221086152
Keywords
blindness; depression; global burden of disease; prevalence; vision impairment
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There is a significant correlation between the global prevalence of visual impairment and depressive disorders, with different age, sex, and socioeconomic subgroups displaying similar correlations.
Purpose To assess the correlation of the worldwide prevalence of visual impairment and depressive disorders. Methods This is an ecologic study on Global Burden of Disease 2019 data. Global and national prevalence numbers and rates of vision impairment (VI) and depressive disorders were obtained from database. The human development index (HDI) and socio-demographic index (SDI) were derived from international open databases. Main outcome measures were the correlation of the VI and depressive disorders in total and different age, sex, and socioeconomic subgroups. Results In 2019, the worldwide prevalence of total VI and total depressive disorders were 9.6% (95% Uncertainty Interval (UI): 8.0-11.3) and 3.8% (95% UI: 3.4-4.2), respectively. The prevalence rates of total VI (r = 0.38, P < 0.001) as well as cataract (r = 0.43, P < 0.001), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (r = 0.32, P < 0.001), refractive disorders (r = 0.19, P < 0.001) and near vision loss (r = 0.33, P < 0.001) correlated, positively, with dysthymia. In addition, the prevalence rates of glaucoma (r for total depressive disorders = 0.37, P < 0.001 and r for major depressive disorders (MDD) = 0.38, P < 0.001) and AMD (r for total depressive disorders = 0.37, P < 0.001 and r for MDD = 0.28, P < 0.001) had a positive correlation with MDD and total depressive disorders. The correlations remained significant in sociodemographic subgroups. Conclusion There was a significant correlation between national prevalence rates of VI and ocular disabilities with depressive disorders, worldwide.
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