ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2022
Patterns of Prevalence of Multiple Sensory Impairments Among Community-dwelling Older Adults.
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- Cross-sectional associations between multisensory impairment and brain volumes in older adults: Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence, associated risk factors; and patient and economic impact of multiple sensory impairment in a multi-ethnic elderly population in Singapore: the PIONEER study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Sensory and motor deficits as contributors to early cognitive impairment.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- The social problem of presbystasis and the role of vestibular rehabilitation in elderly patients: a review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2023Review
- New horizons in hearing conditions.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Prevalence and impact of combined vision and hearing (dual sensory) impairment: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Associations among Visual, Auditory, and Olfactory Functions in Community-Based Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Article
- Associations of dual sensory impairment with incident mobility and ADL difficulty.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMuch is known about individual sensory deficits among older adults, but there is a dearth of information about the prevalence of multiple concurrent sensory deficits in this population.
methodsWe evaluated the prevalence of individual and multiple sensory impairments at the most recent clinic visit among participants aged 24 years and older in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) (hearing, vision, olfaction, proprioception, and vestibular function) and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) (hearing, vision, olfaction). We compared observed prevalence of multiple sensory impairments with expected prevalence based on compounded probabilities of multiple impairments using Fisher Exact Tests. Also, we evaluated the comparability of different measures used between these two studies.
resultsIn both studies, the prevalence of each individual sensory impairment was common (>10%), and higher with older age, and the most common pattern of co-occurring sensory impairments was hearing and visual impairments (17.4% [BLSA]; 50.2% [ARIC]). In BLSA, the pattern that differed the most between observed and expected prevalence was combined hearing, vision, and olfactory impairments (observed 5.2% vs 1.4% expected, p = .01). In ARIC, this difference was much smaller (observed 8.1% vs 7.2% expected, p = .49).
conclusionsAlthough concurrent hearing and vision impairments were the most common co-occurring deficits, combined hearing, vision, and olfactory impairments are most likely to co-occur above chance, especially at older ages.
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