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Older Women in Australia: Facing the Challenges of Dual Sensory Loss. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 With the increase in longevity, the number of women living into old age is rising and higher than that of men. Data was derived from the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program, which included 533 women and 467 men aged 65 years and ...
Heine C, Gong CH, Feldman S, Browning C.
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Mental health and dual sensory loss in older adults: A systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014 Mental health is a core component of quality of life in old age. Dual Sensory Loss (DSL; combined vision and hearing loss) is prevalent in older adults and has been correlated with decreased levels of well-being.
Colette Joy Browning, Chyrisse eHeine
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Residential Differences and Depression Among Older Adults With Dual Sensory Loss.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck SurgImportance Investigating rural-urban and regional differences in the association between dual sensory loss (concurrent hearing and vision loss) and depression may highlight gaps in sensory loss research and health care services, and by socioeconomic ...
Wang EB +5 more
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2022 Importance Hearing loss (HL) and dual sensory loss (DSL) are prevalent, disabling, and associated with numerous age-related health conditions, including dementia and frailty.
Tan BKJ +5 more
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Validity and Reliability of the Major Depression Inventory for Persons With Dual Sensory Loss. [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2018 Background and Objectives Research has shown that dual sensory loss is a risk factor for depression in older adults. However, validated measures of depression for people with dual sensory loss are lacking.
Hovaldt HB, Nielsen T, Dammeyer J.
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Dual sensory loss and its mental health impacts: where to now? [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2015 It is common for older people to experience deterioration of their vision or hearing as they age. The combined effect of vision and hearing loss [known as Dual Sensory Loss (DSL)] is prevalent in the older adult population, occurring in up to 69% of adults aged 65 years and over (Wittich et al., 2012).
Chyrisse eHeine
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Dual Sensory Loss and Depressive Symptoms: The Importance of Hearing, Daily Functioning and Activity Engagement [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013 Background: The association between dual sensory loss (DSL) and mental health has been well established. However, most studies have relied on self-report data and lacked measures that would enable researchers to examine causal pathways between DSL and ...
Kim Matthew Kiely +2 more
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Population prevalence of dual sensory loss in community-dwelling US adults 71 years and older: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. [PDF]
J Am Geriatr Soc, 2023 Existing estimates for the prevalence of dual sensory loss (vision and hearing) among older adults are either based on self‐reported measures or aggregated for older age groups.
Garcia Morales EE +7 more
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2023 Objective: To evaluate the risk of potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPHs) among adults with sensory loss. We hypothesized a greater PPH risk among people with a sensory loss (hearing, vision, and dual) compared with controls.
Samantha Ratakonda +5 more
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DUAL SENSORY LOSS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: FINDINGS FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AGING STUDY IN INDIA (LASI) [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2022 Prior work suggests that vision and hearing loss may be risk factors for depressive symptoms in older adults. However, few studies have focused on the relationship of both vision and hearing loss (dual sensory loss, DSL) and depressive symptoms.
Ethan Wang +4 more
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