Hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults living

To verify the relationship between hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 238 older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) in 2018. The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening version - HHIE-S was applied to assess the hearing h...

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Published inCoDAS (São Paulo) Vol. 34; no. 4; p. e20210080
Main Authors Campos, Ruana Danieli da Silva, Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana, Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza, Pavarini, Sofia Cristina Iost, Cominetti, Márcia Regina, Santos-Orlandi, Ariene Angelini Dos, Jesus, Isabela Thaís Machado de, Gomes, Grace Angélica de Oliveira, Gratão, Aline Cristina Martins, Costa-Guarisco, Letícia Pimenta
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
English
Published Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia 2022
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Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Frail Elderly
Frailty - diagnosis
Geriatric Assessment
Hearing
Humans
Independent Living
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Summary:To verify the relationship between hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 238 older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) in 2018. The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening version - HHIE-S was applied to assess the hearing handicap. To assess frailty, the Frailty Phenotype proposed for Fried and co-workers was adopted, objectively evaluating 5 criteria: unintentional weight loss, reported fatigue, reduced grip strength, reduced walking speed and low physical activity. It was investigated whether the hearing handicap were related with frailty using Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman test. Worse perception of the hearing handicap was found in pre-frail and frail individuals, compared to non-frail individuals. In addition, hearing handicap showed a positive and statistically significant correlation with frailty. Hearing handicap is related to frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
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Author contributions: RDSC participated in the conception and design of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and text editing; MSZ participated in the conception and design of the study and article review; FSO was responsible for the conception and design of the study, data analysis and interpretation, and article review; SCIP, MRC, AASO, GAOG and ACMG participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and article review; ITMJ participated in the conception and design of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and article review; LPCG participated as advisor in the conception of the study, analysis, interpretation of data, and text editing.
Conflict of interests: nothing to declare.
ISSN:2317-1782
DOI:10.1590/2317-1782/20212021080