Associations Between Age-Related Hearing Loss, Cognitive Impairment, and Multiple Chronic Conditions in a Group Care Setting.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between hearing loss, cognitive status, and a range of health outcomes over a period of 2 years in a sample of older adults who are enrolled in Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, which is a Medicare/Medicaid beneficiary...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 5087 - 5109
Autores principales: Mamo, Sara K., Pearlman, Jessica, Wheeler, Kara A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Dec2023
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          Mamo, Sara K.
          Pearlman, Jessica
          Wheeler, Kara A.
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          Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
          Institute for Social Science Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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        Chronic diseases
        Health status indicators
        Cognition disorders
        Structural equation modeling
        Auditory perception testing
        Presbycusis
        Acquisition of data
        Independent living
        Medical records
        Descriptive statistics
        Research funding
        Logistic regression analysis
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          Chronic diseases
          Health status indicators
          Cognition disorders
          Structural equation modeling
          Auditory perception testing
          Presbycusis
          Acquisition of data
          Independent living
          Medical records
          Descriptive statistics
          Research funding
          Logistic regression analysis
      ab: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between hearing loss, cognitive status, and a range of health outcomes over a period of 2 years in a sample of older adults who are enrolled in Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, which is a Medicare/Medicaid beneficiary program for individuals who are nursing home eligible but living in the community at time of enrollment. Method: The sample (N = 144) includes a diverse (47% White/non-Hispanic, 35% Black/African American, and 16% Latin/Hispanic) group of adults ranging from 55 to 93 years old. We used medical chart data to measure respondents' cognitive and health status, including chronic conditions and hospital use. Hearing status was measured once at the beginning of the 2-year review period. We used logistic regression and negative binomial hurdle models for analyses. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to explore the extent to which respondents cluster into a set of "health profiles" characterized by their hearing, cognitive status, and health conditions. Results: We found that hearing loss is weakly associated with heart disease and diabetes and associated with cerebrovascular disease and falls; cognitive impairment is also associated with cerebrovascular disease and the number of falls. LCA indicates that respondents cluster into a variety of health profiles with a consistent pairing of hearing loss and depression. Conclusions: The results are largely consistent with associations reported in epidemiological studies that include age-related hearing loss. Of particular interest in this study is the LCA that suggested that all of the profiles associated with a high likelihood of hearing loss included a high risk of depression. The co-occurrence of these two factors highlights the need to identify and treat hearing loss in older adults, especially as part of the treatment plan for individuals with depressive symptoms.
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