Depressive symptoms in people with vision impairment: a cross-sectional study to identify who is most at risk

Summary

To identify the risk factors for significant depressive symptoms in people with visual impairment in England and Wales to provide information on who is most at risk and to whom support services could be targeted in future. A cross-sectional study using baseline data from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial Younger age, a non-white ethnicity, fewer eye conditions and poorer self-reported health and visual function are risk factors for significant depressive symptoms in this population.