Association between visual impairment and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Association between visual impairment and suicide : A systematic review and meta-analysis. / Palbo, Amanda; Rasmussen, Marie Louise Roed; Hansen, Michael Stormly; Subhi, Yousif.
I: Acta Ophthalmologica, Bind 102, Nr. 3, 2024, s. 263-273.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Association between visual impairment and suicide
T2 - A systematic review and meta-analysis
AU - Palbo, Amanda
AU - Rasmussen, Marie Louise Roed
AU - Hansen, Michael Stormly
AU - Subhi, Yousif
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Visual impairment severely impacts the life of the patients. In this study, we systematically reviewed studies on the potential relationship between visual impairment and suicidal behaviour, and conducted meta-analyses on the risk estimates. We searched 11 literature databases on 20 October 2022 and identified a total of 10 eligible studies with 5.8 million participants. Suicide behaviour was investigated according to three domains: suicide ideation, suicide attempt and suicide death. In the 10 eligible studies, seven reported data on suicide ideation, five reported data on suicide attempt, and three reported data on suicide death. All summary estimates extracted for use in the meta-analyses were adjusted estimates of association since we acknowledged that depression as well as other confounding factors may play an important role. We found that visual impairment was a significant risk factor of suicide ideation (OR 1.83; 95% CI: 1.40–2.40; p = 0.000012), suicide attempt (OR 2.62; 95% CI: 1.29–5.31; p = 0.0077) and suicide death (OR 7.00; 95% CI: 2.30–21.4; p = 0.000063). These high increases in risk of suicide from visual impairment underscore the importance of eye health on the overall mental health, and the potential devastating consequences of insufficient access to eye care, lack of treatment possibilities for any reason or low political priority of eye care.
AB - Visual impairment severely impacts the life of the patients. In this study, we systematically reviewed studies on the potential relationship between visual impairment and suicidal behaviour, and conducted meta-analyses on the risk estimates. We searched 11 literature databases on 20 October 2022 and identified a total of 10 eligible studies with 5.8 million participants. Suicide behaviour was investigated according to three domains: suicide ideation, suicide attempt and suicide death. In the 10 eligible studies, seven reported data on suicide ideation, five reported data on suicide attempt, and three reported data on suicide death. All summary estimates extracted for use in the meta-analyses were adjusted estimates of association since we acknowledged that depression as well as other confounding factors may play an important role. We found that visual impairment was a significant risk factor of suicide ideation (OR 1.83; 95% CI: 1.40–2.40; p = 0.000012), suicide attempt (OR 2.62; 95% CI: 1.29–5.31; p = 0.0077) and suicide death (OR 7.00; 95% CI: 2.30–21.4; p = 0.000063). These high increases in risk of suicide from visual impairment underscore the importance of eye health on the overall mental health, and the potential devastating consequences of insufficient access to eye care, lack of treatment possibilities for any reason or low political priority of eye care.
KW - meta-analysis
KW - risk
KW - suicide
KW - systematic review
KW - visual impairment
U2 - 10.1111/aos.15730
DO - 10.1111/aos.15730
M3 - Review
C2 - 37395145
AN - SCOPUS:85164106140
VL - 102
SP - 263
EP - 273
JO - Acta Ophthalmologica
JF - Acta Ophthalmologica
SN - 1755-375X
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 367191812