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dc.contributor.authorViljanen, Anne
dc.contributor.authorTörmäkangas, Timo
dc.contributor.authorVestergaard, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorAndersen-Ranberg, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-15T07:29:28Z
dc.date.available2015-06-01T21:45:07Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationViljanen, A., Törmäkangas, T., Vestergaard, S., & Andersen-Ranberg, K. (2014). Dual sensory loss and social participation in older Europeans. <i>European Journal of Ageing</i>, <i>11</i>(2), 155-167. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-013-0291-7" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-013-0291-7</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_23597527
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_61371
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/43419
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to describe the prevalence of hearing difficulties, vision difficulties and dual sensory difficulties in 11 European countries, and to study whether sensory difficulties are associated with social inactivity in older Europeans. This cross-sectional study is based on the 2004 data collection of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe comprising 27,536 men and women aged 50 years and older. Hearing and vision difficulties, as well as participation in seven different social activities were assessed using a structured computer-assisted personal interview. Logistic regression models were used for analyses. Altogether, 5.9 % of the participants reported both hearing and vision difficulties (dual sensory loss), 10.2 % vision difficulties only, and 13.5 % hearing difficulties only. More than two-thirds (68.6 %) of the participants with dual sensory loss were socially inactive compared to half of those who reported no sensory difficulties. The participants who reported dual sensory loss had 2.18 (95 % CI 1.83–2.59) times higher odds for social inactivity compared to persons without hearing or vision difficulties. In a model adjusted for age, gender, mobility, depressive symptoms, cognition, education and wealth the corresponding odds ratio was 1.21 (95 % CI 1.00–1.47). According to our results, sensory difficulties were associated with social inactivity, but the higher likelihood for social inactivity among persons with sensory difficulties was attenuated by other health and socio-economic indicators. Our results suggest that various preventive and rehabilitative actions targeting older persons’ sensory functions may enhance their social activity.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Journal of Ageing
dc.subject.otherdual sensory loss
dc.subject.otherhearing social participation
dc.subject.othervision
dc.titleDual sensory loss and social participation in older Europeans
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201405091658
dc.contributor.laitosTerveystieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontologia ja kansanterveysfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontology and Public Healthen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2014-05-09T08:06:03Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange155-167
dc.relation.issn1613-9372
dc.relation.numberinseries2
dc.relation.volume11
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© Springer. This is a final draft verision of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Springer.
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dc.subject.ysoikääntyminen
dc.subject.ysoaktiivisuus
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5056
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p15704
dc.relation.doi10.1007/s10433-013-0291-7
dc.type.okmA1


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