Trajectories of older adults' hearing difficulties: Examining the influence of health behaviors and social activity over 10 years

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 911-918

  Heine, Chyrisse ^a,b   Browning, Colette ^a   Cowlishaw, Sean ^a   Kendig, Hal ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing difficulty; Latent growth curve modeling; Lifestyle factors; Longitudinal; Social activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEARING DIFFICULTY; LATENT GROWTH CURVE MODELING; LIFESTYLE FACTORS; LONGITUDINAL; SOCIAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885939467     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12030     Document Type: Article

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