ArticlePloS one2017
Myopia and depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults.
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- Relationship between long-term PM2.5 exposure and myopia prevalence in adults: analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-Air Pollution Linked Data, 2020.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- The association between myopia and mental health among Chinese children in primary and secondary school: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Parental control and depressive symptoms in college freshmen with myopia: the mediating role of vision-related quality of life.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Lactobacillaceae-mediated eye-brain-gut axis regulates high myopia-related anxiety: from the perspective of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.The EPMA journal · 2024Article
- Accelerometer-Measured Daily Behaviors That Mediate the Association Between Refractive Status and Depressive Disorders.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Quality of life and depression among patients with high myopia in Nigeria: a cross sectional study.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Myopia and Depression among Middle School Students in China-Is There a Mediating Role for Wearing Eyeglasses?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Depression and anxiety in cervical degenerative disc disease: Who are susceptible?Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Serum metabolic signatures of high myopia among older Chinese adults.Eye (London, England) · 2021Article
- Relationship Between Myopia and Other Risk Factors With Anxiety and Depression Among Chinese University Freshmen During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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- Investigation of the psychological health of first-year high school students with myopia in Guangzhou.Brain and behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeFew population-based data support the hypothesis that refractive errors are associated with depressive symptoms. We aim to assess the impact of myopia on the risk of having depressive symptoms in a community-based cohort of elderly Chinese.
methodsA community-based cross-sectional study of 4611 Chinese adults aged 60 years or older was conducted. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression scale in 4597 adults. Refraction was determined by auto-refraction followed by subjective refraction. Myopia was defined as spherical equivalent (SE) < -0.50 diopters (D) and high myopia as SE < -6.00 D.
resultsAfter adjusting for age, gender, education, lifestyle-related exposures, presenting visual acuity and age-related cataract, myopic adults were more likely to have any depressive symptoms compared with non-myopic ones (odds ratio = 1.39; 95% confidence interval 1.04, 1.92). There were no significant differences in the risk of having any depressive symptoms between those with and without high myopia. Myopia or high myopia was not associated with having moderate depressive symptoms. The impact of myopia on depressive symptoms was stronger in adults with no formal education compared with those with formal education.
conclusionsMyopia was related with the presence of depressive symptoms among older adults.
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