Open AccessCombined Vision and Hearing Impairment is Associated with Frailty in Older Adults: Results from the West China Health and Aging Trend Study
Author(s) -
Yanli Zhao,
Qunfang Ding,
Taiping Lin,
Xiaoyu Shu,
Dongmei Xie,
Langli Gao,
Jirong Yue
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s362191
Subject(s) - medicine , visual impairment , presbycusis , interquartile range , hearing loss , confounding , gerontology , multinomial logistic regression , cross sectional study , audiology , odds ratio , psychiatry , pathology , machine learning , computer science
Hearing and vision loss have been independently associated with frailty in older adults, but the relationship between concurrent hearing and visual impairment (dual sensory impairment) and frailty is not well understood. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether dual sensory impairment is associated with frailty in older adults.