Sensory Health Among Older Adults in the United States: A Neighborhood Context Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sensory health declines with age but remains critical to the navigation and enjoyment of everyday life. Neighborhoods are key sites of environmental exposure, social engagement, and access to resources that can shape sensory health, yet the residential neighborhood is understudied as a determinant of sensory function.

Methods

We use data from Rounds 1 and 2 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project to examine how subjective and objective measures of older adults' residential areas are associated with sensory health in a series of cross-sectional and multilevel regression models.

Results

In cross-sectional models, higher levels of perceived neighborhood social ties are associated with significantly better self-rated vision. Older adults who resi

SUBMITTER: Goldman AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10998359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature