听力损失和与衰老相关的健康结果-自然人口队列研究
Wendu Pang1, Ke Qiu1, Xiaochu Wu1
1Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Maturitas
|March 12, 2026
概括
听力损失与中国老年人的认知功能,日常生活能力,营养和肌肉质量低下有关. 早期听力评估和干预对于健康的衰老至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老龄化与多种健康挑战有关,包括感官衰退.
- 听力损失是老年人中普遍存在的疾病,可能会影响整体健康.
- 听力损失和各种与衰老相关的结果之间的关系需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查听力损失与中国成年人五个关键的与衰老相关的健康结果之间的关联.
- 评估听力损失对认知功能,日常生活活动 (ADL),日常生活工具活动 (IADL),营养状况和肉症的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项使用西中国健康与衰老趋势研究数据的队列研究.
- 听力损失通过纯音调听力测量评估;健康结果使用标准化仪器 (例如,MoCA,MNA-SF,SARC-F) 测量.
- 进行了单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析,包括根据年龄,性别和教育进行子组分析.
主要成果:
- 在听力损失和认知功能,ADL和IADL之间发现了显著的关联.
- 中度至重度的听力损失与缩症,营养不良和认知能力下降的可能性增加有关.
- 调整后的模型显示,听力障碍与日常活动和营养状况的困难之间存在很强的相关性.
结论:
- 听力损失的存在和严重程度都是影响多维衰老健康结果的重要因素.
- 特别是感觉神经听力损失,与老年人的不良健康后果有关.
- 定期听力评估和及时干预对于促进健康老龄化和支持老年人的福祉至关重要.
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