Open AccessDual Sensory Impairment and Cognitive Decline: The Results From the Shelter Study
Author(s) -
Yukari Yamada,
Michael Denkinger,
Graziano Onder,
JeanClaude Henrard,
Henriëtte G. van der Roest,
Harriet FinneSoveri,
Tomáš Richter,
Martina Vlachova,
Roberto Bernabei,
Eva Topinková
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glv036
Subject(s) - cognition , cognitive decline , psychology , social engagement , gerontology , confidence interval , medicine , audiology , dementia , psychiatry , disease , sociology , social science , pathology
To examine whether nursing home residents with concurrent vision and hearing impairment, dual sensory impairment (DSI), have a greater cognitive decline over time than do those without sensory impairment and whether social engagement modifies this association.
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