Zhang Shiran, Moyes Simon, McLean Chris, Searchfield Grant, Welch David, Jacobs Robert, Kerse Ngaire
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Audiology Section, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Australas J Ageing. 2016 Jun;35(2):98-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00627.x. Epub 2012 Oct 17.
To establish associations between sensory-related disability and quality of life (QOL).
A total of 3817 people aged 75 years and older, including 173 Māori aged 61 years and older, were surveyed. Measures included: sociodemographic and health factors; World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL)-BREF for QOL; and self-rated hearing- and vision-related disability.
Hearing disability was reported by 866 (51%) men and 736 (36%) women. A total of 974 (26% of all, 61% of hearing disabled) used hearing aids. A total of 513 (30%) men and 618 (30%) women reported vision disability. Vision and hearing disability were both independently associated with lower QOL, with hearing difficulty affecting physical and social domains more, and the environmental domain least. Vision difficulty impacted the environmental domain most and the social domain least. QOL impact was higher for those with both hearing and visual disability (631, 17%).
Hearing and vision disability are associated with poorer QOL.
建立感觉相关残疾与生活质量（QOL）之间的关联。
对总共3817名75岁及以上的人进行了调查，其中包括173名61岁及以上的毛利人。测量指标包括：社会人口统计学和健康因素；世界卫生组织生活质量（WHOQOL）简表用于评估生活质量；以及自评的听力和视力相关残疾。
报告有听力残疾的男性有866人（51%），女性有736人（36%）。共有974人（占全部的26%，听力残疾者中的61%）使用助听器。报告有视力残疾的男性有513人（30%），女性有618人（30%）。视力和听力残疾均与较低的生活质量独立相关，听力困难对身体和社会领域的影响更大，对环境领域的影响最小。视力困难对环境领域的影响最大，对社会领域的影响最小。听力和视力均有残疾的人生活质量受到的影响更高（631人，17%）。
听力和视力残疾与较差的生活质量相关。
