Pre-operative psychiatric morbidity in people undergoing cataract surgery Przedoperacyjna zachorowalnoúÊ psychiatryczna u osÛb zakwalifikowanych do operacyjnego leczenia zaÊmy

Abstract

Results. Subjects with depressive symptomatology were significantly more affected by symptoms of cataract [Spearman = 0.039, p<0.05] and had poorer visual functioning [Spearman = 0.023, p<0.05] than their non-depressed counterparts, despite no significant difference in visual acuity between the two groups. There were no significant differences for subjects with cognitive impairment and cataract symptoms [Spearman = 0.700, NS] or visual functioning [Spearman = 0.158, NS]. Conclusions. The study supports the hypothesis that depressive symptomatology is related to pre-operative cataract symptoms and visual functioning, but did not confirm that cognitive impairment was related to pre-operative cataract symptoms or level of visual function.