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Vision and hearing problems and psychosocial outcomes: longitudinal evidence from the German Ageing Survey

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Title: Vision and hearing problems and psychosocial outcomes: longitudinal evidence from the German Ageing Survey
Authors: Hajek, André, Gyasi, Razak M., Kretzler, Benedikt, König, Hans-Helmut
Source: http://lobid.org/resources/99370678531706441#!, 59(5):879-886.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: Publisso (ZB MED-Publikationsportal Lebenswissenschaften)
Subject Terms: Social exclusion, Aged, 80 and over [MeSH], Social isolation, Aged [MeSH], Hearing Disorders/epidemiology [MeSH], Loneliness, Vision Disorders/psychology [MeSH], Germany/epidemiology [MeSH], Depression, Male [MeSH], Depression/psychology [MeSH], Vision problems, Female [MeSH], Depression/epidemiology [MeSH], Adult [MeSH], Humans [MeSH], Social contact, Longitudinal Studies [MeSH], Middle Aged [MeSH], Vision Disorders/epidemiology [MeSH], Aging/psychology [MeSH], Hearing Disorders/psychology [MeSH], Social Isolation/psychology [MeSH], Research, Hearing Loss/epidemiology [MeSH], Social embeddedness, Hearing Loss/psychology [MeSH], Hearing problems, Hearing impairment
Description: AbstractPurposeTo examine whether changes in vision and hearing problems are associated with changes in psychosocial outcomes (in terms of depressive symptoms, loneliness, and perceived social isolation).MethodsWe used longitudinal data from the nationally representative German Ageing Survey, which covers individuals aged 43 years and over (wave 6 and wave 7, with 7108 observations and mean age of 67.5 years, SD 10.2 years). The 6-item De Jong Gierveld tool was used to quantify loneliness, the Bude and Lantermann tool was used to quantify perceived social isolation, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (15-item version) was used to quantify depressive symptoms. Self-rated problems reading the newspaper due to vision problems and self-rated difficulties recognizing known people on the street due to vision problems were used to quantify vision problems. In addition, self-rated hearing problems on the telephone and self-rated hearing problems in groups of more than four people were used to quantify hearing problems.ResultsAdjusting for various confounders, longitudinal regressions showed that the onset of major vision problems referring to difficulties recognizing people one knows on the street was associated with increases in loneliness (β = 0.17,p < .01) and depressive symptoms (β = 1.90,p < 0.05). Moreover, the onset of some vision problems referring to difficulties reading the newspaper was associated with increases in perceived social isolation (β = 0.06,p ...
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: English
Relation: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6501883; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11087359/
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-023-02588-9
Availability: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6501883
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02588-9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11087359/
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Accession Number: edsbas.97E2DB2B
Database: BASE
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DOI:10.1007/s00127-023-02588-9