Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chan, Yee Mang, Sahril, Norhafizah, Chan, Ying Ying, Ab Wahab, Nor’ Ain, Shamsuddin, Norliza, Ismail, Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
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
_version_ 1783725550153498624
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
author_sort Chan, Yee Mang
collection PubMed
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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8296057
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
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
work_keys_str_mv AT chanyeemang visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender
AT sahrilnorhafizah visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender
AT chanyingying visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender
AT abwahabnorain visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender
AT shamsuddinnorliza visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender
AT ismailmuhdzulfadlihafiz visionandhearingimpairmentsaffectingactivitiesofdailylivingamongmalaysianolderadultsbygender