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Death, Depression, Disability, and Dementia Associated With Self-reported Hearing Problems: A 25-Year Study
Amieva H, Ouvrard C, Meillon C, Rullier L, Dartigues JF.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2018-09-01
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Background Hearing loss in older adults is suspected to play a role in social isolation, depression, disability, lower quality of life, and risk of dementia. Such suspected associations still need to be consolidated with additional research. With a particularly long follow-up, this study assessed the relationship between hearing status and four major adverse health events: death, dementia, depression, and disability. Methods Prospective community-based study of 3,777 participants aged ≥65 followed up for 25 years. At baseline, 1,289 reported hearing problems and 2,290 reported no trouble. The risk of occurrence of the negative outcomes, including death, dementia, depressive symptoms, disability in activities of daily living (ADL), and instrumental ADL (IADL), was assessed with Cox proportional hazards models. Results Adjusting for numerous confounders, an increased risk of disability and dementia was found for participants reporting hearing problems. An increased risk of depression was found in men reporting hearing problems. In additional exploratory analyses, such associations were not found in those participants using hearing aids. Mortality was not associated with self-reported hearing loss. Conclusions Our study confirms the strong link between hearing status and the risk of disability, dementia, and depression. These results highlight the importance of assessing the consequences of treating hearing loss in elders in further studies.
Key findings
- Results Adjusting for numerous confounders, an increased risk of disability and dementia was found for participants reporting hearing problems.
- An increased risk of depression was found in men reporting hearing problems.
- Mortality was not associated with self-reported hearing loss.
- These results highlight the importance of assessing the consequences of treating hearing loss in elders in further studies.
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Study details
- Participants3,777
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 48/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 28 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 48 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 3 / 4 | 3,777 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 29304204) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 28 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 28 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 48 out of 100. |
| Total | 48 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Amieva, H., Ouvrard, C., Meillon, C., Rullier, L., & Dartigues, J. F. (2018). Death, Depression, Disability, and Dementia Associated With Self-reported Hearing Problems: A 25-Year Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx250
Vancouver
Amieva H, Ouvrard C, Meillon C, Rullier L, Dartigues JF. Death, Depression, Disability, and Dementia Associated With Self-reported Hearing Problems: A 25-Year Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 2018. doi:10.1093/gerona/glx250. PMID: 29304204.
BibTeX
@article{amieva2018-29304204,
author = {Amieva, H. and Ouvrard, C. and Meillon, C. and Rullier, L. and Dartigues, J. F.},
title = {{Death, Depression, Disability, and Dementia Associated With Self-reported Hearing Problems: A 25-Year Study}},
journal = {The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1093/gerona/glx250},
pmid = {29304204},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx250}
}
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