Table 4.

Summary of the self-reported health and visual function of those with and without significant depressive symptoms

Self-report measures	GDS-15 score <6	GDS-15 score ≥6	Total	Univariable logistic regression analysis
				N	OR	95% CI	P value
Self-rated health (SF-12), n (%)							<0.001
Excellent	22 (95.7)	1 (4.3)	23		0.01	0.00 to 0.08
Very good	93 (86.1)	15 (13.9)	108		0.04	0.02 to 0.07
Good	201 (72.6)	76 (27.4)	277	952	0.09	0.05 to 0.14
Fair	192 (52.5)	174 (47.5)	366		0.21	0.13 to 0.32
Poor*	33 (18.5)	145 (81.5)	178
Data missing	28 (73.7)	10 (26.3)	38
Visual functioning†	0.23 (-1.43, 1.46)	1.41 (0.17, 2.49)	0.78	956	1.48	1.36 to 1.60	<0.001
(NEI VFQ-7), median (IQR)	23 (67.6%)	11 (32.4%)	(−0.80, 1.91)
Data missing n (%)			34

*Reference category.

†NEI VFQ-7 scores have been Rasch analysed and a higher score indicates a greater perceived difficulty with visual functioning.

GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; NEI VFQ-7, 7-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire.