Relationship between hearing loss and prevalence of depressive symptoms in Japan: Baseline data from the Aidai Cohort study in Yawatahama and Uchiko.

Autor: Nobori J; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan., Miyake Y; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan; Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan; Research Promotion Unit, Translation Research Center, Ehime University Hospital, Ehime, Japan; Center for Data Science, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan. Electronic address: miyake.yoshihiro.ls@ehime-u.ac.jp., Tanaka K; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan; Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan; Research Promotion Unit, Translation Research Center, Ehime University Hospital, Ehime, Japan; Center for Data Science, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan., Senba H; Department of Internal Medicine, Matsuyama Shimin Hospital, Ehime, Japan., Okada M; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan., Takagi D; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Ehime, Japan., Teraoka M; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan., Yamada H; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan., Matsuura B; Department of Lifestyle-Related Medicine and Endocrinology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan., Hato N; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics [Arch Gerontol Geriatr] 2022 Sep-Oct; Vol. 102, pp. 104735. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2022.104735
Abstrakt: Objective: Epidemiological evidence on the relationship between hearing loss (HL) and depressive symptoms, especially in the middle aged, is limited. The present cross-sectional study investigated this issue in middle-aged and older Japanese individuals separately.
Methods: Study subjects were 1018 Japanese adults aged 36-84 years. We used the audiometric definition of HL, which identifies the speech-frequency pure tone average (PTA) hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz as an average of four frequencies. HL was defined as present when PTA was > 25 dB HL in the better-hearing ear. Presence of depressive symptoms was defined as a Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale score ≥ 16. Adjustment was made for age, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption, leisure time physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, waist circumference, employment, education, and household income.
Results: The prevalence values of HL and depressive symptoms were 11.5% and 15.0%, respectively, among the 575 subjects aged < 65 years and 42.2% and 10.4%, respectively, among the 443 subjects aged ≥ 65 years. Among the 1018 participants, HL was independently related to a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms: the multivariate-adjusted OR was 1.92 (95% CI: 1.19-3.08). This positive association was stronger among middle-aged participants, with a multivariate-adjusted OR of 2.70 (95% CI: 1.34-5.27), but was not significant in the elderly, with a multivariate-adjusted OR of 1.71 (95% CI: 0.83-3.54).
Conclusion: HL may be positively associated with depressive symptoms in middle-aged, but not older, individuals.
(Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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