Vision and Hearing Difficulties and Life Expectancy Without ADL/IADL Limitations: Evidence From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Health and Retirement Study.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
; 79(2)2024 Feb 01.
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BACKGROUND: Hearing and vision difficulties are some of the most common deficits experienced by older adults. Having either visual or hearing difficulties increases the risk of comorbidity, disability, and poor quality of life. So far, however, few studies have examined the association between vision and hearing difficulties on life expectancy without activities of daily living (ADL) or instrumental ADL (IADL) limitations (LEWL). METHODS: Data came from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Health and Retirement Study in the United States from 2002 to 2013. The outcome was defined as reporting 2+ limitations with ADL/IADL. Life expectancy was estimated by discrete-time multistate life table models for hearing and vision difficulties separately as well as for combined vision and hearing difficulties by sex and age. RESULTS: Thirteen percent of men in England and the United States had ADL/IADL limitations, whereas, for women, it was 16% and 19% in England and the United States. At all ages, either vision or hearing difficulty was associated with shorter LEWL compared to no difficulties. Dual sensory difficulty (vision and hearing) reduced LEWL by up to 12 years in both countries. At the ages of 50 and 60 in England, hearing difficulty was associated with fewer years lived without ADL/IADL limitations than vision difficulty. In contrast, in the United States, vision difficulty led to fewer years lived without ADL/IADL limitations than hearing difficulty. CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of strategies to reduce the prevalence and incidence of vision and hearing difficulties has the potential to increase the number of years spent without ADL/IADL limitations.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Personas con Discapacidad
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Pérdida Auditiva
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos