Risk factors for anxiety and depression in patients with glaucoma

Abstract

A younger age was thus found to be a risk factor for anxiety, while an older age and increasing glaucoma severity were risk factors for depression in patients with glaucoma.

Assessment of Depression, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Singaporean Patients With Glaucoma

“…This is in agreement with a study by Mabuchi et al,7 which concluded that increasing glaucoma severity (such as a lower MD in the worse eye) is a risk factor for depression in glaucoma. Sociodemographic variables such as occupation, marital status, and education were not significantly associated with depression or anxiety in our study.…”

“…We also excluded patients who had coexisting physical and psychiatric disorders (ie, depression/anxiety), as well as patients who were on any form of medication that was known to possibly lead to psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment (such as digoxin and steroids), except those on topical b-blockers and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. The latter exception was made because of controversial evidence as to whether the use of topical bblockers and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors result in depression, 7,12,13 and our interest therefore in investigating the association.…”

“…The prevalence of anxiety in glaucoma patients is approximately between 13.0% and 33.0%, [2][3][4][5] whereas the prevalence of depression is between 10% and 57%. 2,3,[6][7][8] Depression and anxiety disorders may arise in glaucoma patients due to the fear of potential blindness, heavy economic burden caused by multiple medications and surgeries, and also impairments in daily activities such as driving 9 and reading. 10 Local studies have found that nonadherence to glaucoma medications in Singaporean patients is associated with lower quality of life (QOL).…”

Glaucoma and Associated Visual Acuity and Field Loss Significantly Affect Glaucoma-Specific Psychosocial Functioning

“…13e22 In this study, there were significant associations between glaucoma and VA and VF losses and reduced PF, namely, increased anxiety, reduced self-image, and less confidence in health care. Several earlier studies found no correlation between VA or VF loss with patient perceptions of treatment, 19 anxiety, 16 or fear of blindness. 18 However, Parrish et al 21 were at least modestly correlated with vision-specific dependency, role difficulties, social and emotional well-being, and mental health on the National Eye Institute VisionFunction Questionnaire.…”

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

“…In the case of comorbid depression (depression with chronic physical disease) the prevalence was significantly higher, between 9.3% and 23.0%. 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).…”