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Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study
  Hearing loss is associated with cognitive/physical health; less is known about mental health. We investigated associations between hearing loss severity, depression, and health-related quality of life among older adults with unaided hearing loss. Data (N = 948) were from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study. Hearing was measured by pure-tone average (PTA), Quick Speech-in-Noise (QuickSIN) test, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE-S). Outcomes were validated measures of depression and health-related quality of life. Associations were assessed by negative binomial regression. More severe hearing loss was associated with worse physical health–related quality of life (ratio: .98, 95% CI: .96, 1.00). Better QuickSIN was associated with higher mental health–related quality of life (1.01 [1.00, 1.02]). Worse HHIE-S was associated with depression (1.24 [1.16, 1.33]) and worse mental (.97 [.96, .98]) and physical (.95 [ .93, .96]) health–related quality of life. Further work will test effects of hearing intervention on mental health.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    28 November 2023

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    SAGE Publications

  • DOI:

    10.1177/07334648231212291

  • ISSN:

    0733-4648

  • Funders:

    National Institutes of Health

Citation

Huang, A. R., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43(5), 550–561. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231212291

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Keywords

hearing loss, depression, mental health, epidemiology

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