Visual impairment and depressive symptoms in an older Australian cohort: longitudinal findings from...
Visual impairment and depressive symptoms in an older Australian cohort: longitudinal findings from the Blue Mountains Eye Study
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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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AimsTo assess the association between visual impairment (VI) and subsequent presence of depressive symptoms among older persons.MethodsOf the 3654 baseline participants (aged over 49 years) of the Blue Mountains Eye Study, 2334, 1952 and 1149 were re-examined after 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively. VI was defined as best-corrected visual acuity <6/...
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Visual impairment and depressive symptoms in an older Australian cohort: longitudinal findings from the Blue Mountains Eye Study
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1698966928
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1698966928
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0007-1161
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1468-2079
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10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-306308
