ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
Hearing loss and depressive symptoms in older Chinese: whether social isolation plays a role.
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- Bidirectional associations between sensorineural hearing loss and depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Exploring the role of psychological well-being in the impact of hearing loss on depressive symptoms in rural older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Physical activity and functional social support in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between hearing loss, depression, anxiety, and social isolation in middle-aged and older outpatients in Afghanistan.Qatar medical journal · 2024Article
- Sensorineural hearing loss and cognitive impairment: three hypotheses.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Review
- Associations of daytime napping and nighttime sleep quality with depressive symptoms in older Chinese: the Guangzhou biobank cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Patient perspectives on the need for improved hearing rehabilitation: A qualitative survey study of German cochlear implant users.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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- Hearing Impairment and Cognitive Function: Mediating Role of Social Isolation and Depression.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
backgroundExisting evidence links hearing loss to depressive symptoms, with the extent of association and underlying mechanisms remaining inconclusive. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the association of hearing loss with depressive symptoms and explored whether social isolation mediated the association.
methodsEight thousand nine hundred sixty-two participants from Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study were included. Data on self-reported hearing status, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), social isolation and potential confounders were collected by face-to-face interview.
resultsThe mean (standard deviation) age of participants was 60.2 (7.8) years. The prevalence of poor and fair hearing was 6.8% and 60.8%, respectively. After adjusting for age, sex, household income, education, occupation, smoking, alcohol use, self-rated health, comorbidities, compared with participants who had normal hearing, those with poor hearing (β = 0.74, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.54, 0.94) and fair hearing (β = 0.59, 95% CI 0.48, 0.69) had higher scores of GDS-15. After similar adjustment, those with poor hearing (odds ratio (OR) = 2.13, 95% CI 1.65, 2.74) or fair hearing (OR = 1.68, 95% CI 1.43, 1.99) also showed higher odds of depressive symptoms. The association of poor and fair hearing with depressive symptoms attenuated slightly but not substantially after additionally adjusting for social isolation. In the mediation analysis, the adjusted proportion of the association mediated through social isolation was 9% (95% CI: 6%, 22%).
conclusionPoor hearing was associated with a higher risk of depressive symptoms, which was only partly mediated by social isolation. Further investigation of the underlying mechanisms is warranted.
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