Anxiety and Depression in Cataract Surgery: A Pilot Study in the Elderly

Anxiety and Depression in Cataract Surgery: A Pilot Study in the Elderly

To assess anxiety induced by a planned cataract surgery and to evaluate the correlations of rated anxiety and depression with optical acuity pre- and postoperatively, 278 patients ages 65 years or older were tested. Patients were divided into two groups: first-eye and second-eye cataract surgery. An...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological reports 2006-08, Vol.99 (1), p.257-265
Hauptverfasser: Mitsonis, Charalampos I., Dimopoulos, Nikolaos P., Andriotis, Nikolaos M., Mitropoulos, Panagiotis A., Mitsonis, Mihail I., Mitsonis, Ioannis M., Gitsa, Olympia E.
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Sprache:eng
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Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology
Cataract Extraction - statistics & numerical data
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Pilot Projects
Surveys and Questionnaires
Visual Acuity
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Zusammenfassung:To assess anxiety induced by a planned cataract surgery and to evaluate the correlations of rated anxiety and depression with optical acuity pre- and postoperatively, 278 patients ages 65 years or older were tested. Patients were divided into two groups: first-eye and second-eye cataract surgery. Anxiety and depression were evaluated using the Hamilton's Rating Scales for Anxiety and Depression, respectively. Pre-operatively, first-eye patients showed significantly higher anxiety than second-eye patients (F1,251 =75.39, p
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.99.1.257-265