Salud Pública de México (Oct 2019)

Self-reported hearing loss and visual impairment in adults from Central Mexico

  • Enrique O Graue-Hernández,
  • Héctor Gómez-Dantés,
  • Martín Romero-Martínez,
  • Gerardo Bravo,
  • Jesús Arrieta-Camacho,
  • Aida Jiménez-Corona

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21149/10086
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 5, sep-oct
pp. 629 – 636

Abstract

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Objective. To determinate the prevalence of hearing loss (HL) and visual impairment (VI) among adult population from Tlaxcala, Mexico. Materials and methods. A population-based cross-sectional study comprising persons 50 years and older was conducted in 2013. Self-reported HL was measu­red using the Hearing Impairment Inventory for the Elderly (SHIIE) questionnaire; VI was determined using the Snellen tumbling E chart. Results. 900 women and 611 men (mean age 66.1 years) were included. 481(31.8%) individuals had HL (415 alone and 66 combined with VI). Prevalence of HL alone and together with VI was associated with age (per two years, OR=1.03 and OR=1.18, respectively) and self-reported poor health status (OR=1.90 and OR=3.69, respectively). Con­clusion. The high prevalence of these disabilities calls for the implementation of public health interventions that help to reduce its impact in the population.

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