[Treatment strategy for the organ of vision in patients with somatic diseases in relation to the psychological status].

Two hundred and fifty patients aged 25 to 50 years were examined. Arterial hypertension (AH) was diagnosed in 144 persons; its mean history was 4.35 +/- 0.5 years. Insulin-independent diabetes mellitus (IIDM) and AH were observed in 71 patients; the mean history of IIDM was 3.43 +/- 0.3 years. The patients were diagnosed as having eye diseases: mild myopia and hyperopia, first- and second-degree hypertensive angioretinopathy, and diabetic angiopathy. The purpose of the study was to assess treatment compliance for eye diseases in patients with AH and IIDM in relation to the psychological status. Treatment compliance for eye diseases in patients with AH and IIDM was found to be poor. Mild depression had no significant impact on treatment compliance for eye diseases. The patients with IIDM and diagnosed eye abnormalities without signs of depression were ascertained to take drugs to stabilize visual functions more frequently than those with eye abnormalities and AH.