Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults with Auditory, Vision, and Dual Sensory Impairment

Simning, Adam; Fox, Meghan L.; Barnett, Steven L.; Sorensen, Silvia; Conwell, Yeates

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Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults with Auditory, Vision, and Dual Sensory Impairment

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June 13 2018
By Simning, Adam ; Fox, Meghan L. ; Barnett, Steven L. ; ...

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J Aging Health
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Simning, Adam ; Fox, Meghan L. ; Barnett, Steven L. ; Sorensen, Silvia ; Conwell, Yeates
Description:

Objectives:

To examine the association of auditory, vision, and dual sensory impairment with late-life depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Methods:

Our study included 7,507 older adults from the National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative sample of United States Medicare beneficiaries. Auditory and vision impairment were determined by self-report, and depressive and anxiety symptoms were evaluated by the PHQ-2 and GAD-2, respectively.

Results:

Auditory, vision, and dual impairment were associated with an increased risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms in multivariable analyses accounting for sociodemographics, medical comorbidity, and functional impairment. Auditory, vision, and dual impairment were also associated with an increased risk for depressive and anxiety symptoms that persist or were of new onset after one year.

Discussion:

Screening older adults with sensory impairments for depression and anxiety, and screening those with late-life depression and anxiety for sensory impairments, may identify treatment opportunities to optimize health and well-being.
Subjects:

Aged Aged, 80 And Over Anxiety Article Comorbidity Depression Female Humans Male Medicare Persons With Hearing Impairments Surveys And Questionnaires Visually Impaired Persons
Source:

J Aging Health. 31(8):1353-1375
Pubmed ID:

29896982
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6274614
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

T32 MH020061/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; U01 AG032947/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
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United States
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31
Issue:

8
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CDC Public Access
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