ArticleJournal of clinical epidemiology2012
Hearing, mobility, and pain predict mortality: a longitudinal population-based study.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Hearing loss and its association with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Association of Back Pain with Mortality: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Quality of life and mortality in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Health-Related Quality of Life Changes Associated With Hearing Loss.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Olfactory identification deficits and increased mortality in the community.Annals of neurology · 2015Trial
- Translation of the Children's Visual Function Quality of Life instrument from English to Sepedi.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Rural-urban residence and life expectancies with and without pain.Health & place · 2024Article
- A Narrative Review of Lifestyle Risk Factors and the Role of Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Hearing Loss.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Educational Differences in Life Expectancies With and Without Pain.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Diabetes Mellitus and Hearing Loss: A Complex Relationship.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Increased mortality risk for adults aged 25-44 years with long-term disability: A prospective cohort study with a 35-year follow-up of 30,080 individuals from 1984-2019 in the population-based HUNT study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2022Article
- Association of hearing loss with total and cause-specific mortality in US adults.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Hearing Impairment With Cognitive Decline Increases All-Cause Mortality Risk in Chinese Adults Aged 65 Years or Older: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Translational implications of the interactions between hormones and age-related hearing loss.Hearing research · 2021Review
- Effects of Hearing Disability on the Employment Status Using WHODAS 2.0 in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Outcome of Unilateral Cochlear Implantation in Adults: Speech Recognition, Health-Related Quality of Life and Level of Anxiety and Depression: a One- and Three-Year Follow-Up Study.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2020Article
- Hearing Loss and Risk of Overall, Injury-Related, and Cardiovascular Mortality: The Kangbuk Samsung Health Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Self-Reported Hearing/Visual Loss and Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Findings From the Komo-Ise Cohort, Japan.Journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Sensory Impairment and All-Cause Mortality Among the Oldest-Old: Findings from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveMeasures of health-related quality of life (HRQL), including the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) are predictive of mortality. HUI3 includes eight attributes, vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, cognition, emotion, and pain and discomfort, with five or six levels per attribute that vary from no to severe disability. This study examined associations between individual HUI3 attributes and mortality. STUDY DESIGN AND
settingBaseline data and 12 years of follow-up data from a closed longitudinal cohort study, the 1994/95 Canadian National Population Health Survey, consisting of 12,375 women and men aged 18 and older. A priori hypotheses were that ambulation, cognition, emotion, and pain would predict mortality. Cox proportional hazards regression models were applied controlling for standard determinants of health and risk factors.
resultsSingle-attribute utility scores for ambulation (hazard ratio [HR]=0.10; 0.04-0.22), hearing (HR=0.18; 0.06-0.57), and pain (HR=0.53; 0.29-0.96) were statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality; ambulation and hearing were predictive for the 60+ cohort.
conclusionFew studies have identified hearing or pain as risk factors for mortality. This study is innovative because it identifies specific components of HRQL that predict mortality. Further research is needed to understand better the mechanisms through which deficits in hearing and pain affect mortality risks.
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