Research Article

Psychological Aspects and Depression in Patients with Symptomatic Keratoconus

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with keratoconus and controls.

Patients ()Controls () value

Age (years)41 ± 742 ± 90.65
Gender, male (%)61640.84
CDVA logMAR0.53 ± 0.300.11 ± 0.16<0.001
PHQ-9 score10.20 ± 4.005.40 ± 5.01<0.001
Zung score46.52 ± 8.7038.53 ± 8.41<0.001