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Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender
Vision and hearing impairments are common among older adults and can cause undesirable health effects. There are limited studies from low- and middle-income countries exploring gender differences between vision and hearing impairment with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) disability. Therefore, this...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34200564 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126271 |
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author | Chan, Yee Mang Sahril, Norhafizah Chan, Ying Ying Ab Wahab, Nor’ Ain Shamsuddin, Norliza Ismail, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz |
author_facet | Chan, Yee Mang Sahril, Norhafizah Chan, Ying Ying Ab Wahab, Nor’ Ain Shamsuddin, Norliza Ismail, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz |
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description | Vision and hearing impairments are common among older adults and can cause undesirable health effects. There are limited studies from low- and middle-income countries exploring gender differences between vision and hearing impairment with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) disability. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate gender differences between vision and hearing impairments with ADL disability among older adults in Malaysia. Cross-sectional data from 3977 respondents aged 60 and above from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey 2018 were used. We used logistic regression analysis to measure associations between vision and hearing impairments with ADL disability, adjusted for covariates. The prevalence of ADL disability was higher among females than males (p < 0.001). The adjusted associations between vision impairment and ADL disability were significant among males (aOR 3.79; 95%CI 2.26, 6.38) and females (aOR 2.66; 95%CI 1.36, 5.21). Similarly, significant adjusted associations were found between hearing impairment and ADL disability among males (aOR 5.76; 95%CI 3.52, 9.40) and females (aOR 3.30; 95%CI 1.17, 9.33). Vision and hearing impairments were significantly associated with ADL disability, with no gender differences identified. Early detection and effective management of vision and hearing impairments are important to prevent ADL disability and improve older adults’ level of independence. |
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spelling | pubmed-82960572021-07-23 Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender Chan, Yee Mang Sahril, Norhafizah Chan, Ying Ying Ab Wahab, Nor’ Ain Shamsuddin, Norliza Ismail, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Vision and hearing impairments are common among older adults and can cause undesirable health effects. There are limited studies from low- and middle-income countries exploring gender differences between vision and hearing impairment with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) disability. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate gender differences between vision and hearing impairments with ADL disability among older adults in Malaysia. Cross-sectional data from 3977 respondents aged 60 and above from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey 2018 were used. We used logistic regression analysis to measure associations between vision and hearing impairments with ADL disability, adjusted for covariates. The prevalence of ADL disability was higher among females than males (p < 0.001). The adjusted associations between vision impairment and ADL disability were significant among males (aOR 3.79; 95%CI 2.26, 6.38) and females (aOR 2.66; 95%CI 1.36, 5.21). Similarly, significant adjusted associations were found between hearing impairment and ADL disability among males (aOR 5.76; 95%CI 3.52, 9.40) and females (aOR 3.30; 95%CI 1.17, 9.33). Vision and hearing impairments were significantly associated with ADL disability, with no gender differences identified. Early detection and effective management of vision and hearing impairments are important to prevent ADL disability and improve older adults’ level of independence. MDPI 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8296057/ /pubmed/34200564 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126271 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chan, Yee Mang Sahril, Norhafizah Chan, Ying Ying Ab Wahab, Nor’ Ain Shamsuddin, Norliza Ismail, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title | Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title_full | Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title_fullStr | Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title_full_unstemmed | Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title_short | Vision and Hearing Impairments Affecting Activities of Daily Living among Malaysian Older Adults by Gender |
title_sort | vision and hearing impairments affecting activities of daily living among malaysian older adults by gender |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34200564 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126271 |
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