Skip to main content
Mijn bibliotheek
Shop
Nieuws Boeken Tijdschriften E-learning Web-tv Video Audio
Tips voor Mijn BSL
UITGEBREID ZOEKEN
Inloggen
Top
Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 7/2014

01-09-2014

Sensory impairments and their associations with functional disability in a sample of the oldest-old

Auteurs: Verena R. Cimarolli, Daniela S. Jopp

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 7/2014

Log in om toegang te krijgen
share
DELEN

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

  • Optie A:
    Klik op de rechtermuisknop op de link en selecteer de optie “linkadres kopiëren”
  • Optie B:
    Deel de link per e-mail
    Link delen
publish
Publiceer nu

Abstract

Purpose

Research focusing on the consequences of sensory impairments for the everyday competence of the oldest-old is emerging. The two main goals of this study were to document the prevalence of self-reported vision, hearing, and dual sensory impairment and to explore associations of these impairments with functional disability in near-centenarians and centenarians.

Methods

Centenarians and near-centenarians (N = 119; average age = 99) were recruited, with about 80 % living in the community. In-person interviews included self-ratings of vision and hearing impairment and functional disability conceptualized as having difficulties performing personal and instrumental activities of daily livings (PADLs and IADLs).

Results

Based on self-report ratings, 17 % of participants were classified as having a visual impairment only, 18 % as having a hearing impairment only, and 38 % with both a visual and hearing impairment (dual sensory impairment). Regression analyses demonstrated that having a vision impairment only and being dual sensory impaired were the strongest predictors of functional disability. They were associated with higher levels of functional disability over and above higher levels of depressive symptomatology, interference of health with desired activities, and living in a nursing home.

Conclusions

Sensory impairments—especially dual sensory impairment—are prevalent in the oldest-old. Having dual sensory impairment or a single visual impairment among other factors are strongly associated with less-optimal everyday functioning in the oldest-old.
vorige artikel Enacted and internalized stigma and quality of life among people with HIV: the role of group identity
volgende artikel Psychosocial determinants of quality of life in parents of obese children seeking inpatient treatment
Literatuur
1.
Crews, J. E., & Campbell, V. A. (2001). Health conditions, activity limitations and participation restrictions among older people with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 95, 453–467.
2.
Horowitz, A., Brennan, M., & Reinhardt, J. P. (2005). Prevalence and risk factors for self-reported visual impairment among middle-aged and older adults. Research on Aging, 27, 307–326.CrossRef
3.
Ryskulova, A., et al. (2008). Self-Reported age-related eye diseases and visual impairment in the United States: Results of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 454–461.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
4.
Agrawal, Y., Platz, E. A., & Niparko, J. K. (2008). Prevalence of hearing loss and differences by demographic characteristics among US adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(14), 1522.PubMedCrossRef
5.
Gopinath, B., Rochtchina, E., Wang, J. J., Schneider, J., Leeder, S. R., & Mitchell, P. (2009). Prevalence of age-related hearing loss in older adults: Blue Mountains Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(4), 415.PubMedCrossRef
6.
Brennan, M., Horowitz, A., & Su, Y. P. (2005). Dual sensory loss and its impact on everyday competence. The Gerontologist, 45(3), 337–346.PubMedCrossRef
7.
Caban, A. J., Lee, D. J., Gómez-Marín, O., Lam, B. L., & Zheng, D. D. (2005). Prevalence of concurrent hearing and visual impairment in US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2002. Journal Information, 95(11), 1940.
8.
Wahl, H. W., Heyl, V., Drapaniotis, P. M., Hörmann, K., Jonas, J. B., Plinkert, P. K., & Rohrschneider, K. (2013). Severe vision and hearing impairment and successful aging: A multidimensional view. The Gerontologist, 53(6), 950–962.
9.
Cacciatore, F., Napoli, C., Abete, P., Marciano, E., Triassi, M., & Rengo, F. (1999). Quality of life determinants and hearing function in an elderly population: Osservatorio Geriatrico Campano Study Group. Gerontology, 45(6), 323–328.PubMedCrossRef
10.
Carabellese, C., Appollonio, I., Rozzini, R., Bianchetti, A., Frisoni, G. B., Frattola, L., et al. (1993). Sensory impairment and quality of life in a community elderly population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 41(4), 401.PubMed
11.
Kramer, S. E., Kapteyn, T. S., Kuik, D. J., & Deeg, D. J. (2002). The association of hearing impairment and chronic diseases with psychosocial health status in older age. Journal of Aging and Health, 14(1), 122–137.PubMedCrossRef
12.
Dalton, D. S., Cruickshanks, K. J., Klein, B. E., Klein, R., Wiley, T. L., & Nondahl, D. M. (2003). The impact of hearing loss on quality of life in older adults. The Gerontologist, 43(5), 661–668.PubMedCrossRef
13.
Bookwala, J., & Lawson, B. (2011). Poor vision, functioning, and depressive symptoms: A test of the activity restriction model. The Gerontologist, 51, 798–808.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
14.
Burmedi, D., Becker, S., Heyl, V., Wahl, H. W., & Himmelsbach, I. (2002). Behavioral consequences of age-related low vision: A narrative review. Visual Impairment Research, 4, 15–45.CrossRef
15.
Horowitz, A. (2004). The prevalence and consequences of vision impairment in later life. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 20(3), 185–195.CrossRef
16.
Kempen, G. I., Ballemans, J., Ranchor, A. V., van Rens, G. H., & Zijlstra, G. R. (2012). The impact of low vision on activities of daily living, symptoms of depression, feelings of anxiety and social support in community-living older adults seeking vision rehabilitation services. Quality of Life Research, 21, 1405–1411.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
17.
Casten, R. J., Rovner, B. W., & Tasman, W. (2004). Age-related macular degeneration and depression: A review of recent research. Current Opinions Ophthalmology, 15, 181–183.CrossRef
18.
Horowitz, A., & Reinhardt, J. P. (2000). Depression among low vision elders. In C. Stuen, A. Arditi, A. Horowitz, M. A. Lang, B. Rosenthal, & K. Seidman (Eds.), Vision rehabilitation. Assessment, intervention and outcomes (pp. 655–658). Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers.
19.
Mitchell, J., & Bradley, C. (2006). Quality of life in age-related macular degeneration: A review of the literature. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 4, 97.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
20.
Wang, S. Y., Singh, K., & Lin, S. C. (2012). Prevalence and predictors of depression among participants with glaucoma in a nationally representative population sample. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 154(3), 436–444.
21.
Burmedi, D., Becker, S., Heyl, V., Wahl, H.-W., & Himmelsbach, I. (2002). Emotional and social consequences of age-related low vision: A narrative review. Visual Impairment Research, 4, 47–71.CrossRef
22.
Patino, C. M., McKean-Cowdin, R., Azen, S. P., Allison, J. C., Choudhury, F., Varma, R., et al. (2010). Central and peripheral visual impairment and the risk of falls and falls with injury. Ophthalmology, 117, 199–206.PubMedCentralPubMedCrossRef
23.
Cummings, S. R., Nevitt, M. C., Browner, W. S., Stone, K., Fox, K. M., Ensrud, K. E., et al. (1995). Risk factors for hip fracture in white women. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. New England Journal of Medicine, 23, 767–773.CrossRef
24.
Nguyen, H. T., Black, S. A., Ray, L. A., Espino, D. V., & Markides, K. S. (2002). Predictors of decline in MMSE scores among older Mexican Americans. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 57(3), M181–M185.CrossRef
25.
Lee, D. J., Gómez-Marín, O., Lam, B. L., & Zheng, D. D. (2002). Visual acuity impairment and mortality in US adults. Archives of Ophthalmology, 120, 1544–1550.PubMedCrossRef
26.
Capella-McDonnall, M. E. (2005). The effects of single and dual sensory loss on symptoms of depression in the elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(9), 855–861.PubMedCrossRef
27.
Keller, B. K., Morton, J. L., Thomas, V. S., & Potter, J. F. (1999). The effect of visual and hearing impairments on functional status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(11), 1319.PubMed
28.
Reuben, D. B., Mui, S., Damesyn, M., Moore, A. A., & Greendale, G. A. (1999). The prognostic value of sensory impairment in older persons. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(8), 930.PubMed
29.
Andersen-Ranberg, K., Schroll, M., & Jeune, B. (2001). Healthy centenarians do not exist, but autonomous centenarians do: A population-based study of morbidity among Danish centenarians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49(7), 900–908.PubMedCrossRef
30.
Jopp, D., & Rott, C. (2006). Adaptation in very old age: Exploring the role of resources, beliefs, and attitudes for centenarians’ happiness. Psychology and Aging, 21(2), 266–280.PubMedCrossRef
31.
Sachdev, P. S., Levitan, C., Crawford, J., Sidhu, M., Slavin, M., Richmond, R., et al. (2013). The Sydney centenarian study: Methodology and profile of centenarians and near-centenarians. International psychogeriatrics/IPA, 1–13.
32.
Samuelsson, S. M., Alfredson, B. B., Hagberg, B., Samuelsson, G., Nordbeck, B., Brun, A., et al. (1997). The Swedish Centenarian Study: A multidisciplinary study of five consecutive cohorts at the age of 100. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 45(3), 223–253.CrossRef
33.
Andersen, S. L., Sun, J. X., Sebastiani, P., Huntly, J., Gass, J. D., Feldman, L., et al. (2012). Personality factors in the long life family study. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 68(5), 739–749.
34.
Kim, H., Lee, T., Lee, S., Kim, K., Lee, S., Kam, S., et al. (2012). Factors Associated with ADL and IADL Dependency among Korean Centenarians: Reaching the 100-Year-Old Life Transition. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 74, 243–264.CrossRef
35.
Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., Siegler, I., & Poon, L. W. (2013). Correlates of functional capacity among centenarians. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 32(3), 324–346.CrossRef
36.
Andersen-Ranberg, K., Christensen, K., Jeune, B., Skytthe, A., Vasegaard, L., & Vaupel, J. W. (1999). Declining physical abilities with age: A cross-sectional study of older twins and centenarians in Denmark. Age and Ageing, 28(4), 373–377.PubMedCrossRef
37.
World Health Organization. (2001). International classification of functioning, disability and health: ICF. Geneva: World Health Organization.
38.
Folstein, M. (1975). A practical method for grading the mental state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12, 189–198.PubMedCrossRef
39.
Holtsberg, P. A., Poon, L. W., Noble, C. A., & Martin, P. (1995). Mini-mental state exam status of community dwelling cognitively intact centenarians. International Psychogeriatrics, 7, 417–427.PubMedCrossRef
40.
Yesavage, J. A. (1988). Geriatric depression scale. Psychopharmacological Bulletin, 24, 709–711.
41.
Pfeiffer, E. (Ed.). (1975). Multidimensional functional assessment, the OARS methodology: A manual. Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University.
42.
Schönemann-Gieck, P., Rott, C., Martin, M., d’Heureuse, V., Kliegel, M., & Becker, G. (2003). Übereinstimmungen und Unterschiede in der selbst-und fremdeingeschätzten Gesundheit bei extrem Hochaltrigen. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 36, 429–436.PubMedCrossRef
43.
Almeida da Silva, S., Scazufca, M., & Menezes, P. R. (2013). Population impact of depression on functional disability in elderly: Results from “São Paulo Ageing & Health Study” (SPAH). European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 263, 153–158.CrossRef
44.
Brody, B. L., Gamst, A. C., Williams, R. A., Smith, A. R., Lau, P. W., Dolnak, D., et al. (2001). Depression, visual acuity, comorbidity, and disability associated with age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology, 108, 1893.PubMedCrossRef
45.
Furner, S. E., Rudberg, M. A., & Cassel, C. K. (1995). Medical conditions differentially affect the development of IADL disability: Implications for medical care and research. The Gerontologist, 35, 444–450.PubMedCrossRef
Metagegevens
Titel
Sensory impairments and their associations with functional disability in a sample of the oldest-old
Auteurs
Verena R. Cimarolli
Daniela S. Jopp
Publicatiedatum
01-09-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0657-0

Andere artikelen Uitgave 7/2014

Quality of Life Research 7/2014 Naar de uitgave

OriginalPaper

Measurement properties of the Client-centered Care Questionnaire (CCCQ): factor structure, reliability and validity of a questionnaire to assess self-reported client-centeredness of home care services in a population of frail, older people

OriginalPaper

Health-related quality of life in young adults in education, employment, or training: development of the Japanese version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version

Brief Communication

Comparing PROMIS computer-adaptive tests to the Brief Symptom Inventory in patients with prostate cancer

Erratum

Erratum to: The relationship between negative life events, psychological distress and life satisfaction: a population-based study

OriginalPaper

Enacted and internalized stigma and quality of life among people with HIV: the role of group identity

OriginalPaper

The assessment of publication pressure in medical science; validity and reliability of a Publication Pressure Questionnaire (PPQ)