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| Comparative impact of hearing and vision impairment on subsequent functioning | | Author(s) | Margaret I Wallhagen, William J Strawbridge, Sarah J Shema |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 8, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1086-1092 |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Visual impairment ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Mental health [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Hearing and vision impairments of 2,442 community-dwelling men and women aged 50 to 102 from the Almeida County Study (California) were assessed in 1994. Outcomes, measured in 1995, included physical disability (activities of daily living, instrumental ADLs, physical performance, mobility and lack of participation in activities), mental health (self-assessed, major depressive episode), and social functioning (feeling left out or lonely, hard to feel close to others, inability to pay attention). Both impairments had strong independent impacts on subsequent functioning. Visual impairment exerted a more wide-ranging impact on functional status, ranging from physical disability to social functioning. However, the results also highlighted the importance of hearing impairment, even when mild. These impairments can be partially ameliorated through prevention, assessment, and treatment strategies, and requires greater attention by all concerned. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011024202 A |
| Classmark | BV: BR: C4: CA: D: 7T |
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