Prevalence rates of hearing impairment and comorbid conditions in older people: The Veneto Study
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To investigate prevalence rates of hearing impairment, as assessed by the Sanders' questionnaire and the speech audiometry test, and comorbid conditions in older people a study was carried out in the Veneto region of Italy. A higher prevalence of hearing impairment was found with speech audiometry tests than had been found with a self-reported questionnaire. Impairment was associated with poor health, as self-reported, diabetes and cognitive impairment in past users of alcohol and in men with little education. Self-reported hearing impairment was associated with depressive symptoms.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Remaining vital in the fact of disability
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Elderly disabled individuals employee a variety of strategies to maintain and expand control over their life. A study of vitality in older women with disabilities showed more than one-third of the women reported high levels of emotional vitality. The findings encourage further research of emotional vitality as as indicator of psychological well-being.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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A drink to healthy aging: the association between older women's use of alcohol and their health-related quality of life
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A study on relationship between alcohol intake and changes in physical and mental health related quality of life in older women is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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