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Hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults living
Ruana Danieli da Silva Campos1, Marisa Silvana Zazzetta2, Fabiana de Souza Orlandi2
1Programa de Pós-graduação em Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar - São Carlos (SP), Brasil.
Purpose:
To verify the relationship between hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods:
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.
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
Hearing handicap is related to frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
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