Association of Multisensory Impairment With Quality of Life and Depression in English Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sensory acuity tends to decrease with age, but little is known about the relationship between having multiple sensory impairments and well-being in later life.

Objective

To examine associations between concurrent multisensory impairments and aspects of well-being and mental health, namely quality of life and depressive symptoms.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional analysis of participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Aging wave 8 (May 2016 to June 2017). This is a representative sample of free-living English individuals 52 years and older. Analysis began April 2018.

Main outcomes and measures

Linear and logistic regression models were used to assess the association of self-reported concurrent impairments in hearing, vision, smel

SUBMITTER: Liljas AEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042906 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature