Vision impairment and cognitive decline among older adults: a systematic review

N Nagarajan, L Assi, V Varadaraj, M Motaghi, Y Sun… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives There has been increasing epidemiological research examining the association
between vision impairment (VI) and cognitive impairment and how poor vision may be a …

The interRAI suite of mental health assessment instruments: an integrated system for the continuum of care

JP Hirdes, C Van Everdingen, J Ferris… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The lives of persons living with mental illness are affected by psychological, biological,
social, economic, and environmental factors over the life course. It is therefore unlikely that …

Combined impairments in vision, hearing and cognition are associated with greater levels of functional and communication difficulties than cognitive impairment alone …

DM Guthrie, JGS Davidson, N Williams, J Campos… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objectives The objective of the current study was to understand the added effects of having
a sensory impairment (vision and/or hearing impairment) in combination with cognitive …

Participation experiences of people with deafblindness or dual sensory loss: A scoping review of global deafblind literature

A Jaiswal, H Aldersey, W Wittich, M Mirza, M Finlayson - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Deafblindness, also known as dual sensory loss, is a varying combination of
visual and hearing impairment in the same individual. Interest in this topic has increased …

Older adults with a combination of vision and hearing impairment experience higher rates of cognitive impairment, functional dependence, and worse outcomes …

JGS Davidson, DM Guthrie - Journal of aging and health, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Hearing and vision impairment were examined across several health-related
outcomes and across a set of quality indicators (QIs) in home care clients with both vision …

Prevalence of geriatric syndromes among people aged 65 years and older at four community clinics in Moscow

ON Tkacheva, NK Runikhina… - … interventions in aging, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Geriatric syndromes (GSs) are common in older adults and have a significant
effect on their quality of life, disability, and use of health care resources. Few studies have …

The association between vision impairment and depression: a systematic review of population-based studies

G Virgili, M Parravano, D Petri, E Maurutto… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether depression is
associated with vision impairment (VI) in population-based studies in adults. MEDLINE and …

Global sensory impairment predicts morbidity and mortality in older US adults

JM Pinto, KE Wroblewski… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate global sensory impairment (GSI, an integrated measure of sensory
dysfunction) as a predictor of physical function, cognition, overall health, and mortality …

Associations of dual sensory impairment with incident mobility and ADL difficulty

NM Armstrong, C Vieira Ligo Teixeira… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is a dearth of studies examining the associations of objectively measured
dual sensory impairment (DSI) with incident mobility and activities of daily life (ADL) difficulty …

Depression, combined visual and hearing impairment (dual sensory impairment): a hidden multi-morbidity among the elderly in Residential Care in India

S Marmamula, TR Kumbham, SB Modepalli… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
To report the prevalence of depression and its association with combined visual (VI) and
hearing impairment (HI) in the elderly in residential care in India. Participants aged≥ 60 …