Journal article
High vision-related quality of life indices reduce the odds of depressive symptoms in aged care facilities
G Rees, M McCabe, J Xie, M Constantinou, A Gan, E Holloway, REK Man, J Jackson, EK Fenwick, E Lamoureux
Aging and Mental Health | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
Objective: To examine the association between vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) and depressive symptoms in residents with vision impairment (VI) in aged care facilities. Methods: In this cross-sectional study using baseline data from a cluster-randomized controlled trial (ACTRN12615000587505) assessing the effectiveness of a novel eye care model, 186 English-speaking residents (mean age 84 years, SD[standard deviation] = 8.7; 33.9% male) with VI and moderate cognitive functioning or better were recruited from 38 facilities across Victoria, Australia. VRQoL was measured using Rasch-transformed scores from the ‘Reading’; ‘Mobility’, and ‘Emotional’ scales of the Impact of Vision Impairmen..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council [grant number 1046689], National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship to E.L. [grant number 1045280], and operational infrastructure support from the Victorian Government. The sponsor or funding organization had no role in the design, execution, analysis and interpretation of data, or writing of the study.