ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2016
Global Sensory Impairment in Older Adults in the United States.
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- Associations between migrant status, social isolation, and loneliness among older adults in India.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Racial and ethnic differences in the associations of sensory impairments with cognition in older United States adults.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Introduction to Supplement Issue: Sensory loss in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Sensory impairments and epigenetic aging: insights from self-rated hearing and vision in United States adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Differences in smell and taste performance and food liking between patients with stroke and healthy controls.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Associations Between Inflammation and Multisensory Impairment Among Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Association of sensory and motor impairments with dementia: a cross-sectional analysis in US older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Association between sensory impairment and cardiometabolic multimorbidity among older Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Multimorbidity patterns and blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in community-dwelling cognitively unimpaired older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Association between Visual, Hearing and Dual Sensory Impairment and the Frailty Syndrome.Aging and disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine whether there may be a common mechanism resulting in global sensory impairment of the five classical senses (vision, smell, hearing, touch, and taste) in older adults.
designRepresentative, population-based study.
settingNational Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.
participantsCommunity-dwelling U.S. adults aged 57 to 85. MEASUREMENTS: The frequency with which impairment co-occurred across the five senses was estimated as an integrated measure of sensory aging. It was hypothesized that multisensory deficits would be common and reflect global sensory impairment that would largely explain the effects of age, sex, and race on sensory dysfunction.
resultsTwo-thirds of subjects had two or more sensory deficits, 27% had just one, and 6% had none. Seventy-four percent had impairment in taste, 70% in touch, 22% in smell, 20% in corrected vision, and 18% in corrected hearing. Older adults, men, African Americans, and Hispanics had greater multisensory impairment (all P < .01). Global sensory impairment largely accounted for the effects of age, sex, and race on the likelihood of impairment in each of the five senses.
conclusionMultisensory impairment is prevalent in older U.S. adults. These data support the concept of a common process that underlies sensory aging across the five senses. Clinicians assessing individuals with a sensory deficit should consider further evaluation for additional co-occurring sensory deficits.
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