- Title
- Older women in australia : facing the challenges of dual sensory loss
- Creator
- Heine, Chyrisse; Gong, Cathy; Feldman, Susan; Browning, Colette
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/172127
- Identifier
- vital:14422
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010263
- Identifier
- ISBN:1661-7827 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- With the increase in longevity, the number of women living into old age is rising and higher than that of men. Data was derived from the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program, which included 533 women and 467 men aged 65 years and older, in Australia, over 10 years. Logistic regression modeling was used to investigate the prevalence of dual sensory loss and the unmet needs for vision and hearing devices in older women (compared to men) over time, as well as its impacts on self-reported general health, depression, perceived social activities, community service use and ageing in place. Results suggested that the prevalence of dual sensory loss increased for women from the age of 75 years and over. Dual sensory loss was higher for older women and men who were living alone, with government benefits as their main income source or were divorced, separated or widowed. Dual sensory loss had significant impacts on poor general health, perceived inadequate social activities and community service use for women and men and on depression for women only. Early identification of dual sensory loss is essential to minimize its effects, ensuring continued well-being for this population. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Relation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 17, no. 1 (2020), p.
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences; Australia; Dual sensory loss; Mental health; Older women; Physical health; Quality of life; Social health; Well-being
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