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. 2024 Jan;281(1):75-81.
doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08080-z. Epub 2023 Jun 23.

The effect of anxiety and depression on cognition in older adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss

Ellen Andries  1   2 , Jonas Nelen  3 , Sam de Smit  3 , Maarten Sluyts  3 , Annick Gilles  4   3   5 , Vincent Van Rompaey  4   3 , Griet Mertens  4   3
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The effect of anxiety and depression on cognition in older adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss

Ellen Andries et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of anxiety and/or depression on cognition in older adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

Methodology: In total, 83 older subjects (age of 55 years or older) with post-lingual, bilateral, severe-to-profound hearing loss were enrolled in this study between April 2014 and March 2021. The Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing-impaired individuals (RBANS-H) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to measure cognition and anxiety/depression.

Results: A multiple linear regression was used to predict the total RBANS-H score based on the total HADS score, years of education and age of the participants. These variables statistically significantly predicted RBANS-H, F(3, 79) = 12.604, p = 0.010, R2 = 0.324. All three variables added statistically significantly to the prediction, p < 0.05. A higher HADS-score resulted in a significantly lower RBANS-H score with an estimated effect size b1 of - 0.486. In addition, a multiple linear regression was executed for each subdomain of the RBANS-H and its relation to the total HADS-score, age and years of education of the participants. These variables statistically significantly predicted RBANS-H immediate memory F(3, 79) = 16.858, p = 0.003, R2 = 0.390. All three variables added statistically significantly to the prediction, p < 0.05. In the other four subdomains no statistical significance was observed.

Conclusions: Anxiety and/or depression have a significantly negative impact on cognition in individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss. This negative correlation was mainly attributable to the significantly lower score in the immediate memory subdomain.

Keywords: Anxiety and depression; Cognition; Hearing loss.

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