Md Ismail Tareque1, Angelique Chan2,3, Yasuhiko Saito4, Stefan Ma5, Rahul Malhotra2,3. 1. Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 2. Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. 3. Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. 4. College of Economics and Population Research Institute, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Ministry of Health, Singapore, Singapore.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Vision and hearing impairment may impact both life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy, that is, duration of life with and without health problems, among older adults. We examined the impact of self-reported vision and hearing impairment on years of life with and without limitation in physical function and in activities of daily living (ADLs). DESIGN: Life table analysis, using a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or older, Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly. SETTING: Singapore. PARTICIPANTS: Survey participants (n = 3452) who were interviewed in 2009 and followed up in 2011-2012 and 2015. MEASUREMENTS: Participants reporting difficulty with any of nine tasks involving upper or lower extremities were considered to have a limitation in physical function. Those reporting health-related difficulty with any of six basic ADLs or seven instrumental ADLs were considered to have a limitation in ADLs. We used the multistate life table method with a microsimulation approach to estimate health expectancy, considering self-reported sensory impairment status as time varying. RESULTS: Either or both impairments, vs neither, were associated with less years without limitation in physical function and in ADLs and more years with limitation in physical function and in ADLs, with the greatest impact on health expectancy among those with both impairments, who also had the lowest LE. For example, at age 60, those with both impairments, vs neither, could expect not only shorter LE (4.2 [95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.9-5.7] less years; 20.7 [95% CI = 18.9-22.5] vs 24.9 [95% CI = 23.8-26.0]) but also more years of life with limitations in physical function (3.3 [95% CI = .9-5.8] more years; 12.8 [95% CI = 10.7-14.8] [about 61.7% of LE] vs 9.5 [95% CI = 8.4-10.5] [about 38.0% of LE]). CONCLUSION: Timely and appropriate management of vision and hearing impairment, especially when coexisting, among older adults has the potential to reduce the years of life they live with limitation in physical function and in ADLs. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2528-2536, 2019.
OBJECTIVES: Vision and hearing impairment may impact both life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy, that is, duration of life with and without health problems, among older adults. We examined the impact of self-reported vision and hearing impairment on years of life with and without limitation in physical function and in activities of daily living (ADLs). DESIGN: Life table analysis, using a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or older, Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly. SETTING: Singapore. PARTICIPANTS: Survey participants (n = 3452) who were interviewed in 2009 and followed up in 2011-2012 and 2015. MEASUREMENTS: Participants reporting difficulty with any of nine tasks involving upper or lower extremities were considered to have a limitation in physical function. Those reporting health-related difficulty with any of six basic ADLs or seven instrumental ADLs were considered to have a limitation in ADLs. We used the multistate life table method with a microsimulation approach to estimate health expectancy, considering self-reported sensory impairment status as time varying. RESULTS: Either or both impairments, vs neither, were associated with less years without limitation in physical function and in ADLs and more years with limitation in physical function and in ADLs, with the greatest impact on health expectancy among those with both impairments, who also had the lowest LE. For example, at age 60, those with both impairments, vs neither, could expect not only shorter LE (4.2 [95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.9-5.7] less years; 20.7 [95% CI = 18.9-22.5] vs 24.9 [95% CI = 23.8-26.0]) but also more years of life with limitations in physical function (3.3 [95% CI = .9-5.8] more years; 12.8 [95% CI = 10.7-14.8] [about 61.7% of LE] vs 9.5 [95% CI = 8.4-10.5] [about 38.0% of LE]). CONCLUSION: Timely and appropriate management of vision and hearing impairment, especially when coexisting, among older adults has the potential to reduce the years of life they live with limitation in physical function and in ADLs. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2528-2536, 2019.
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