@article{Hussain_Ali_Khan_Islam_Shafi_2022, title={Comparison of Depression in Low Vision Patients and Normal Vision Patients}, volume={72}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4821}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.4821}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To compare the frequency of depression in low vision and normal vision patients.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Comparative cross-sectional study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Eye Department, Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt, Karachi Pakistan, from Dec 2017 to May 2019.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Patients with low vision and normal vision were evaluated for depression. Initially, each patient underwent a complete Outpatient ophthalmological workup. Then, the patients were assigned to the low vision and normal vision groups,and after informed consent, each patient was to complete Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). </p> <p><strong>Result:</strong> Two hundred and sixty-nine patients with low vision and 275 patients with normal vision were included in the study.One hundred and eighty-two (67.66%) patients with low vision and 71(25.82%) patients with normal vision were found to have significant depression (PHQ-9 score≥5). Depression was significantly more prevalent in the Low Vision-Group (p=<0.01).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Significantly high level of depression in the Low Vision-Group needs to be taken care of in ophthalmology departments. The ophthalmologist should not look into the eyes but treat the patients as human beings.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Hussain, Irshad and Ali, Malik Wajid and Khan, Faisal Aziz and Islam, Qamar ul and Shafi, Saba}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={2029–32} }