Negative self-perception of hearing and depression in older adults: a population-based study

• Autor(a) principal: Paiva, Karina Mary de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Samelli, Alessandra Giannella, Oliveira, Pamela Lopes de, Hillesheim, Danúbia, Haas, Patrícia, Medeiros, Paulo Adão de, d’Orsi, Eleonora
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/210136
• topic: Aged; Hearing Loss; Presbycusis; Depression; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Health Surveys; Idoso; Perda Auditiva; Presbiacusia; Depressão; Autoavaliação Diagnóstica; Inquéritos Epidemiológicos

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association between negative self-perception of hearing and depression in older adults in Southern Brazil. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with data from the third wave of the EpiFloripa Idoso 2017/19 study, a population-based cohort of older adults (60+). A total of 1,335 older adults participated in this wave. The dependent variable was self-reported depression, and the main exposure was self-perception of hearing (negative; positive). For both the crude (bivariate) and adjusted analysis, the odds ratio (OR) was used as a measure of association and estimated by means of binary logistic regression analysis. The exposure variable was adjusted by sociodemographic and health covariates. A p value < 0.05 was adopted as statistically significant. RESULTS: The prevalence of negative self-perception of hearing and depression was 26.0% and 21.8%, respectively. In the adjusted analysis, the older adults with negative self-perception of hearing were 1.96 times more likely to report depression when compared to the ones with positive self-perception of hearing (p = 0.002). CONCLUSION: The association between negative self-perception of hearing and depression reflects the importance of reviewing health care actions for older adults, incorporating hearing-related issues, to ensure comprehensive care for this growing segment of the population.