Hearing Handicap Predicts the Development of Depressive Symptoms After 3 Years in Older Community-Dwelling Japanese
Hearing Handicap Predicts the Development of Depressive Symptoms After 3 Years in Older Community-Dwelling Japanese
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02615.x
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Ogawa, Kaoru
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作者：
Saito, Hideyuki;Nishiwaki, Yuji;Ogawa, Kaoru
OBJECTIVESTo examine the association between hearing handicap and depressive symptoms in older community-dwelling Japanese.DESIGNCommunity-based cohort study.SETTINGKurabuchi Town, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.PARTICIPANTSFive hundred eighty residents (261 men, 319 women) aged 65 and older without depressive symptoms.MEASUREMENTSIn a baseline examination performed in 2005/06, participants answered the 10-item screening version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly (HHIE-S). They were divided into two groups according to their scores: a group with no hearing handicap (HHIE-S scores of < 8) and a hearing handicap group (HHIE-S scores of >= 10). The Geriatric Depression Scale was used to identify depressive symptoms in face-to-face home visit interviews conducted in 2008, and the association between hearing handicap and depressive symptoms was assessed using logistic regression.RESULTSThe incidence of depressive symptoms was 19.6% in the group with a hearing handicap and 8.0% in the group without a hearing handicap. When compared with the subjects without hearing handicap, subjects with a hearing handicap had a multiadjusted odds ratio of depressive symptoms of 2.45 (95% confidence interval=1.26-4.77). The association remained significant even when hearing impairment measured with pure-tone audiometry was added to the multiadjusted model.CONCLUSIONA hearing handicap can predict future depressive symptoms in older community-dwelling people.
