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Negative self-perception of hearing and depression in older adults: a population-based study
Karina Mary de Paiva1, Alessandra Giannella Samelli2, Pamela Lopes de Oliveira1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Departamento de Fonoaudiologia. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Objective:
To estimate the association between negative self-perception of hearing and depression in older adults in Southern Brazil.
Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study conducted with data from the third wave of the EpiFloripa Idoso 2017/19 study, a population-based cohort of older adults (60+). A total of 1,335 older adults participated in this wave. The dependent variable was self-reported depression, and the main exposure was self-perception of hearing (negative; positive). For both the crude (bivariate) and adjusted analysis, the odds ratio (OR) was used as a measure of association and estimated by means of binary logistic regression analysis. The exposure variable was adjusted by sociodemographic and health covariates. A p value < 0.05 was adopted as statistically significant.
Results:
The prevalence of negative self-perception of hearing and depression was 26.0% and 21.8%, respectively. In the adjusted analysis, the older adults with negative self-perception of hearing were 1.96 times more likely to report depression when compared to the ones with positive self-perception of hearing (p = 0.002).
Conclusion:
The association between negative self-perception of hearing and depression reflects the importance of reviewing health care actions for older adults, incorporating hearing-related issues, to ensure comprehensive care for this growing segment of the population.
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