ArticleGerontology & geriatric medicine
Association of Co-Existing Impairments in Cognition and Self-Rated Vision and Hearing With Health Outcomes in Older Adults.
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- Hearing loss and its association with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Vision impairment and associated daily activity limitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- All-cause and cardiovascular mortality in dual sensory impairment patients: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- The association of hearing impairment and its severity with physical and mental health among Chinese middle-aged and older adults.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Trial
- Multinational cohort study of health perception mismatch trajectories and risks of cognitive decline, depression, and mortality.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Disparities in Mortality Outcomes Among Older Adults With Communication Disabilities Using the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Separating cognitive and motor contributions to iADL difficulties in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Prevalence of visual impairment in older people living with dementia and its impact: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Prevalence and impact of combined vision and hearing (dual sensory) impairment: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Impact of hearing loss on cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults: serial mediation of self-rated health and depressive anxiety symptoms.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
- Self-reported dual sensory impairment, dementia, and functional limitations in Medicare beneficiaries.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Effect of Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration on Cognitive Functioning: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Pre-Post Intervention Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Article
- Decline in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living over 4-Year: The Association with Hearing, Visual and Dual Sensory Impairments among Non-Institutionalized Women.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2019Article
- Cognitive Performance Concomitant With Vision Acuity Predicts 13-Year Risk for Mortality.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the relationship of disability (activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL)), self-rated health (SRH), and 6-year mortality with co-existing impairments in vision (self-rated), hearing (self-rated) and/or cognition (Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire) in older adults.
methodsThe study sample was comprised of 3871 participants from the North Carolina Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly study (NC EPESE).
resultsPersons with all three impairments had increased odds of ADL/IADL disability, and low SRH. Participants with combined visual and cognitive impairments had increased odds of mortality. While sensory impairments were associated with poor SRH, cognitive impairment was not unless both sensory impairments were present. DISCUSSION: Co-existent sensory and cognitive impairments were associated with higher risk of impaired functional status. Self-rated auditory impairment alone was not associated with higher odds of death, but mortality was linked to visual, and particularly cognitive impairment, alone or combined.
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