Abstract

MORAES-CRISPIM, Geovanna; PACHECO-FERREIRA, Aldo; LIMA-SILVA, Terezinha  and  ESTEVES-RIBEIRO, Euler. Analysis of hearing impairment related to general health conditions in elderly people. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.25, pp.84-95. ISSN 1657-7027.

Self-reported health has been considered a helpful indicator of health conditions and certain outcomes in elderly people. An exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional cohort study was conducted among an elderly group randomly recruited at UnATi/uEA, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. Data was collected by structured questionnaires obtaining socio-demographic informations, and the functional evaluation. Subsequently were applied the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Screening Version (hhie-s), and The Mini-Mental State Examination (mmse). The aged participants on this research mostly self-rated their health as good or reasonable, with rarer extreme self-assessments. Data from hhie-s levels of hearing impairment was obtained 27 (33.35%) with normal hearing, 31 (38.75%) light hearing loss, 19 (23.75%) moderate hearing loss; and 3 (3.75%) severe hearing loss. Mean total mmse score of the study subjects was 23.47 points. Our results show compatibility with literature data, also, it is denoted the health performance superior on these group of elderly.

Keywords : self-assessment; health of the elderly; delivery of health care; cognition; public health; hearing impairment; self-assessment; delivery of health care; health of the elderly; health services for the aged; public health; auditory perceptual disorders.

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