Moderate hearing loss is related with social frailty in a community-dwelling older adults: The Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study (KFACS).

Autor: Yoo M; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim S; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim BS; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Yoo J; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Lee S; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Jang HC; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea., Cho BL; Department of Family Medicine, Center for Health Promotion and Optimal Aging, Seoul National University College of Medicine & Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Son SJ; Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea., Lee JH; Catholic institute of U-healthcare, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea., Park YS; Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea., Roh E; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim HJ; Department of Family Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Republic of Korea., Lee SG; Department of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea., Kim BJ; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea., Kim MJ; East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Won CW; Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Elderly Frailty Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, kyungheedaero 23, dongdaemun-gu, 02447, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: chunwon62@naver.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics [Arch Gerontol Geriatr] 2019 Jul - Aug; Vol. 83, pp. 126-130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2019.04.004
Abstrakt: Objectives: To determine whether hearing loss is associated with social frailty in older adults.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of cohort study data. Hearing was measured using of Pure-tone audiometry. Hearing loss was determined based on the average of hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1, and 2 kHz in the ear that had better hearing. Social frailty was defined based on the summation of the following 5 social components (1. Neighborhood meeting attendance 2. Talking to friend(s) sometimes 3.Someone gives you love and affection 4. Living alone 5. Meeting someone every day). Participants who had no correspondence to the components were considered non-social frailty; those with 1-2 components were considered social prefrailty; and those having 3 or more components were considered social frailty.
Results: The prevalence of non-social frailty, social prefrailty, social frailty was 27.6%, 60.7% and 11.7% respectively. Of the five questions, two components (Neighborhood meeting attendance and Presence of someone who shows love and affection to the participants) were associated with hearing loss (p < 0.001). Compared to non-social frailty, the odds ratio of social frailty for hearing loss was 2.24 (95% CI 1.48-3.38) after adjusting for age, residential area, economic status, smoking, depressive disorder and MMSE, and 2.17 (95% CI 1.43-3.30) after further adjustments with physical frailty.
Conclusion: Hearing loss was associated with social frailty even after controlling confounding factors even including physical frailty.
(Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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