Association between hearing impairment and self-reported difficulty in physical functioning

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 850-856

  Chen, David S ^a,b   Genther, Dane J ^a,b   Betz, Joshua ^a   Lin, Frank R ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hearing impairment; older adults; physical functioning

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG MOVEMENT; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK CAPACITY;

HEARING IMPAIRMENT; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900554509     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12800     Document Type: Article

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