Mental health burden associated with specific ocular conditions among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes: examining the impact of glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy, and dry eye on unhealthy mental health days.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13128593 · PMID 42077967

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although patients with DED experienced longer durations of poor mental health, the association did not reach statistical significance in the analysis, although the p -value was close to the conventional threshold ( p = 0.06).

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