School of Allied Health, Department of Community and Clinical Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3084, Australia. School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria 3168, Australia.
School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria 3168, Australia. RDNS Research Institute, St Kilda, Victoria 3182, Australia.
Gerontologist. 2015 Oct;55(5):913-28. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv074. Epub 2015 Aug 27.
Combined vision and hearing loss [dual sensory loss (DSL)] is commonly experienced by older adults. The literature on comorbidities and outcomes associated with DSL in older adults is limited and thus a systematic review was conducted to explore the existing research and identify gaps in the evidence base.
A review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews. Forty-two articles were selected for review.
Although several studies evaluated DSL and its comorbidities and impacts, few fully met the criteria for good study design. Reviewed studies primarily investigated DSL and its comorbidities using cross-sectional methods and varying methods of vision and hearing assessment. Many of the studies were large population studies that did not provide sufficient information to draw valid conclusions about the impact of DSL in older adults.
Studies focusing specifically on sensory loss in older people across a broad age range are needed to inform clinical practice so that DSL and its impacts in older adults can be identified and managed, leading to improved quality of life for this population.
视力和听力同时受损（双重感觉损失，DSL）在老年人中较为常见。关于老年人 DSL 相关合并症和结果的文献有限，因此进行了系统评价，以探讨现有研究并确定证据基础中的空白。
根据系统评价的首选报告项目进行了综述。选择了 42 篇文章进行审查。
尽管有几项研究评估了 DSL 及其合并症和影响，但很少有研究完全符合良好研究设计的标准。综述的研究主要使用横断面方法以及不同的视力和听力评估方法来研究 DSL 及其合并症。许多研究是大型人群研究，没有提供足够的信息来对老年人 DSL 的影响得出有效的结论。
需要针对广泛年龄范围的老年人的感官丧失进行专门研究，以为临床实践提供信息，以便识别和管理老年人的 DSL 及其影响，从而提高该人群的生活质量。
