Epidemiological survey of elderly people with hearing disability in Shapingba District of Chongqing
Objective To analyze the prevalence of hearing disability and the status of social support, anxiety and depression in community residents aged ≥60 years in Shapingba District of Chongqing.Methods From July 2022 to June 2023,elderly community residents aged ≥60 years were selected from three communities in Shap-ingba District of Chongqing as the research objects.The Hearing Impairment Screening Scale (HHIE-S) and pure tone hearing threshold test were used for hearing disability screening,and then the Social Support Scale (SSRS),Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Simplified Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15),and Social Isola-tion Scale were used to investigate patients with hearing disability.Results A total of 5000 subjects were in-cluded in the study,and 609 were diagnosed with hearing disability,with a prevalence rate of 12.18％.The prevalence rate of male was slightly higher than that of female,and the prevalence rate of rural elderly was higher than that of urban elderly (P<0.05).There were statistically significant differences in the prevalence rate of the elderly with different height,weight,nationality,marital status,education level,medical insurance and monthly income per capita (P<0.05).There was significant difference in the total score of SSRS among patients with different hearing disability grades (P<0.05).The total score of SSRS in patients with seconda-ry hearing disability was the highest.There were statistically significant differences in the scores of objective support dimension and subjective support dimension among patients with different hearing disability grades (P<0.05).There were statistically significant differences in SAS scores among patients with different hear-ing disability grades (P<0.05),but there were no statistically significant differences in GDS-15 and LSNS-6 scores (P>0.05).Conclusion The prevalence rate of hearing disability among elderly community residents in Chongqing is high,and the social support of patients with hearing disability is insufficient,so their anxiety and depression need to be solved urgently.
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