Depression and Quality of Life in Patients With Glaucoma: A Cross-sectional Analysis Using the Geriatric Depression Scale-15, Assessment of Function Related to Vision, and the Glaucoma Quality of Life-15

Abstract

Depression is more common in patients with increasing glaucoma severity (age, 70 to 79 y). In patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension, age and GQL-15 summary score are independent risk factors for depression.

Glaucoma, Depression and Quality of Life: Multiple Comorbidities, Multiple Assessments and Multidisciplinary Plan Treatment

“…Depressive disorders were the second leading cause of YLD according to Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Ferrari et al 2013) as it was in the Japanese Clinical study (Mabuchi et al 2012). The range of the prevalence of depression in glaucoma patients was between 11.4% and 32.1% in the Australian clinical study performed by Skalicky et and Goldberg (Skalicky & Goldberg 2008). …”

“…Table 1). The severity of glaucoma and older age of the patients, in the study of Skalicky and Goldberg, contributed to higher prevalence of depression in glaucoma patients (Skalicky & Goldberg 2008). The purpose of this study was also to determinate the association of depression and the QoL in glaucoma patients.…”

“…Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) is selfreport instrument with 15 items used to assess depression in elderly population (Skalicky & Goldberg 2008). …”

“…On the other hand, depression is one of the most common psychological disturbances among patients that is comorbid with other chronic physical diseases in general (Jeong et al 2016, Moussavi et al 2007) with the most negative effect on the health score. Depression has also higher prevalence among older population (Skalicky & Goldberg 2008). The risk factors for the development of psychological disorders in glaucoma patients could be subjective and objective (Kong et al 2014).…”

Drops, Drops, and More Drops

“…Glaucoma patients are at increased risk of depression, especially as HRQOL declines and/or the disease progresses. (Skalicky and Goldberg, 2008;Tastan et al, 2010) Depression has been shown to be associated with nonadherence. (Friedman et al, 2009;Pappa et al, 2006) Pappa et al demonstrated that 42% of glaucoma patients were nonadherent, omitting at least 2 doses per week.…”