TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive and affective changes after cataract surgery in an elderly population
AU - Billig, Nathan
AU - Stockton, Patricia
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grant # RO1 MH42103 from the National Institute of Mental Health .
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The authors report on a sample of 108 subjects over 60 years old who underwent cataract surgery and were assessed for cognitive and affective changes before surgery and at 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year postoperatively. Cataract surgery did not predispose to significant cognitive deterioration in the perioperative period nor during the first postoperative year. However, objective vision changes, the subjective measure of adjustment to the effects of surgery, and a high depression score before surgery were significant predictors of depression at the end of the study year.
AB - The authors report on a sample of 108 subjects over 60 years old who underwent cataract surgery and were assessed for cognitive and affective changes before surgery and at 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year postoperatively. Cataract surgery did not predispose to significant cognitive deterioration in the perioperative period nor during the first postoperative year. However, objective vision changes, the subjective measure of adjustment to the effects of surgery, and a high depression score before surgery were significant predictors of depression at the end of the study year.
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U2 - 10.1097/00019442-199600410-00004
DO - 10.1097/00019442-199600410-00004
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AN - SCOPUS:0030062974
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 4
SP - 29
EP - 38
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -