Depression, anxiety and brain volume after hearing loss and tinnitus: cohort study in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hearing loss and tinnitus have been proposed as potential indicators of impaired mental health and brain morphological changes.

Aims

To assess the associations of hearing loss and tinnitus with the risk of depression and anxiety and with brain volume.

Method

We conducted a community-based cohort study including 129 610 participants aged 40-69 years at recruitment to the UK Biobank with a follow-up period during 2006-2021 to estimate the risk of depression and anxiety after detection of hearing loss and reported tinnitus. We also assessed the associations of hearing loss and tinnitus with brain volume in a subsample with available brain magnetic resonance imaging data (N = 5222).

Results

We observed an increased risk of depression among individ

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897703 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature