title: Association between visual impairment and depression in the elderly: a systematic review.
abstract: A systematic review was conducted to investigate the relationship between visual impairment and depression in the elderly. We searched electronic databases (LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from inception to August 2014 and researched the described references. The search strategy used the following terms: (visual impairment or blindness) and (elderly) and (depression). Of the 641 electronics, 42 works were selected in full and another 20 were identified as being possibly relevant. Ten studies were included. The studies ranged in sample size from 31 to 21,995 participants. Depression was associated with visual impairment in all studies; however, without standardization of diagnostic tests, we could not conduct a meta-analysis or establish a relationship between visual impairment and depression in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina Viegas Moura Rezende
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hermann Nogueira
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Hasten-Reiter Júnior
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eurica Adélia Nogueira
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mario Jorge
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jucá
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiano Timbó
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Célio Fernando de
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Sousa-Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D015982:Bias; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology